Abstract
Objetivo. Este trabalho identifica e analisa os repositórios institucionais (RI) na América Latina. O desenvolvimento de sistemas por parte de universidades e institutos de pesquisa na América Latina destaca-se na literatura como uma forma de atingir os objectivos de acesso aberto considerando os fundos públicos e também as características dos RI.Método. Neste trabalho utilizaram-se cinco métodos de selecção e cinco dimensões de análises de RI.Resultados. Os elementos relacionados permitiram a selecção, mapeo e caracterização de 84 RI listados num conjunto de 289 repositórios digitais.Conclusões. Os dados da pesquisa mostraram que América Latina obteve avanços relevantes em termos de RI também se é comparada com Estados Unidos e alguns países europeus. Esta pesquisa mostra que os RI são ferramentas eficazes para promover o acesso aberto.
Highlights
Institutional repositories (IR) are information systems comprising digital collections developed from management services concerning collection, organization, dissemination, and preservation of research outputs from members of an institution (COSTA, 2014)
All selection criteria used in the research were pointed by the most cited scientific literature on the theme with essential elements to IR
After applying those criteria to the systems identified in directories and lists of open access repositories, only 27% of the total of 298 digital repositories remained
Summary
Institutional repositories (IR) are information systems comprising digital collections developed from management services concerning collection, organization, dissemination, and preservation of research outputs from members of an institution (COSTA, 2014) This type of information system has been widely cited in literature regarding scholarly communication given its importance as a means towards the Open Access. Facing the context of scholarly communication, IR have been considered strategic to fulfill the objectives of open access They are regarded as a valuable tool to manage research outputs in an institution. Given the importance of this type of information system, both for open access and for the institutions themselves, this study aimed to identify and describe the characteristics of institutional repositories in Latin America and their contributions for the development of open access in this region. The second reason regards the absence of studies aiming to portray and analyze the development of IR in Latin America focusing on their contributions for the advance of open access
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