Journal article
The state of the nation: A snapshot of Australian institutional repositories
First Monday, Vol.14(2), pp.1-9
2009
Abstract
This paper provides the first full description of the status of Australian institutional repositories. Australia presents an interesting case because of the government’s support of institutional repositories and open access. A survey of all 39 Australian universities conducted in September 2008 shows that 32 institutions have active repositories and by end of 2009, 37 should have repositories. The total number of open access items has risen dramatically since January 2006. Five institutions reported they have an institution-wide open access mandate, and eight are planning to implement one. Only 20 universities have funding for their repository staff and 24 universities have funding for their repository platform, either as ongoing recurrent budgeting or absorbed into their institutions’ budgets. The remaining are still project funded. The platform most frequently used for Australian repositories is Fedora with Vital. Most of the remaining sites use Eprints or DSpace.
Details
- Title
- The state of the nation: A snapshot of Australian institutional repositories
- Authors
- Mary Anne Kennan (Author) - UNSW SydneyDanny A. Kingsley (Author) - Australian National University
- Publication details
- First Monday, Vol.14(2), pp.1-9
- Publisher
- First Monday Editorial Group
- Date published
- 2009
- DOI
- 10.5210/fm.v14i2.2282
- ISSN
- 1396-0466
- Copyright note
- This paper Is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share-Alike 2.5 Australia license.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Library Services
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99641177802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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