Fordham University Masthead Logo DigitalResearch@Fordham Research Repository Resources University Libraries 4-1-2011 Why Archive in an Institutional Repository? Marianne Buehler University of Nevada Las Vegas,, considine@fordham.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://fordham.bepress.com/lib_resources Recommended Citation Buehler, Marianne, "Why Archive in an Institutional Repository?" (2011) Research Repository Resources https://fordham.bepress.com/lib_resources/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Libraries at DigitalResearch@Fordham It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Repository Resources by an authorized administrator of DigitalResearch@Fordham For more information, please contact considine@fordham.edu Berkeley Electronic Press Digital Commons Digital Commons Collaboratory 4-1-2011 Why Archive in an Institutional Repository? Marianne Buehler University of Nevada Las Vegas, marianne.buehler@unlv.edu Recommended Citation Buehler, Marianne, "Why Archive in an Institutional Repository?" (2011) Digital Commons Collaboratory Paper http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/collaboratory/5 This material is brought to you by Digital Commons It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons Collaboratory by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons For more information, please contact support@dc.bepress.com University Libraries dis-co-ver v., To learn about for the first time achieve Why Archive Scholarship in an Institutional Repository (IR)? reach Open access (OA) archiving showcases scholarship and benefits faculty, departments, colleges, and the university, including its partners, students, the UNLV Libraries, and the global research community. Here are some significant benefits: • • • • • • • • • • • The UNLV institutional repository (Digital Commons) adheres to the Open Archive Initiative (http://www.openarchives.org/) ensuring that archived materials are accessible across a global network of interoperable institutional repositories and are available to metadata harvesters such as (OpenDOAR: http://www.opendoar.org/), providing greater visibility to scholarship. Repositories offer powerful parallel distribution channels that complement print publishing and can ensure the greatest expediency and accessibility for scholarly work. Submitting scholarly materials to the UNLV repository asserts copyright ownership and allows authors to freely, legally, and perpetually link to their research output, a one‐ stop shop for peer‐reviewed research. Creative Commons licensing may be employed to allow users to build upon your work or use freely. Otherwise, the default is fair use. Graduate/undergraduate student research (theses/dissertations/projects) is underutilized‐OA highlights their scholarship and is a useful career tool. Citation impact: Articles deposited in repositories are cited more frequently, more visible, accessible, and receive greater impact. Google and the Digital Commons software work together to maximize visibility of archived materials. Publisher copyrights may allow scholarship in an IR (65% of publishers do), but may not permit posting on a personal webpage: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Self‐archiving allows researchers to refer colleagues and students to the most accessible versions of their work. Download statistics are emailed to authors every month. Repositories are constructive responses to inflationary journal subscription prices and the injustice of buying back scholarly communication for which institutions have already paid by authors, editors, and reviewers freely giving their content, expertise, and time. Photocopying costs, journal publishing lag times, and interlibrary loan services associated with traditional print output can be significantly diminished. Researchers can submit materials without cost to their research unit, center, division, department, or college, as the Library proxy‐archives and maintains the repository. Users may sign up for an email alert/RSS feed to be notified of archived research. focus grow connect create learn explore innovate discover inspire celebrate Any questions, please contact: Marianne Buehler, Urban Sustainability Librarian/IR Administrator, marianne.buehler@unlv.edu or 702.895.2248. 05‐2010 library.unlv.edu ... 4-1-2011 Why Archive in an Institutional Repository? Marianne Buehler University of Nevada Las Vegas, marianne.buehler@unlv.edu Recommended Citation Buehler, Marianne, "Why Archive in an Institutional. .. paid by authors, editors, and reviewers freely giving their content, expertise, and time. 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