Abstract
This paper examines Open Access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Repositories (OARs) affiliated to COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) as partner institutes. The process of scrutiny includes three major activities – selection of databases to consult; comparison and evaluation of Open Access policies of repositories listed in the selected databases and attached to COAR group; and critical examination of available self archiving policies of these OA repositories against a set of selected criteria. The above steps lead to reporting the following results: key findings have been identified and highlighted; common practices have been analyzed in relation to the focus of this paper; and a best practice benchmark has been suggested for popularizing and strengthening OARs as national research systems. This paper may help administrators, funding agencies, policy makers and professional librarians in devising institute-specific self archiving policies for their own organizations.
Highlights
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is a dynamic, fastgrowing association of repository initiatives launched in October 2009 with around 60 members and partner organizations from 24 countries mainly from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and North America
It is to be noted that this study has considered only those repositories that are affiliated to COAR and having OA self archiving policies mentioned in OpenDOAR, ROAR3 or ROARMAP databases
After the successful journey over 25 years since 1991, OARs are in a critical situation when policy matters are concerned
Summary
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is a dynamic, fastgrowing association of repository initiatives launched in October 2009 with around 60 members and partner organizations from 24 countries mainly from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and North America. It has currently a membership strength of over 100 institutions worldwide from 35 countries in 6 continents (as on December, 2017) representing universities, research institutions, government research funders, and others. The mission of COAR is to enhance greater visibility and application of research outputs through global networks of Open Access digital repositories, based on international collaboration and interoperability. The main objective of this paper is to analyze open access policies of different OARs of COAR member organizations and to propose best practice guidelines in line with global recommendations in order to strengthen national research systems
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