S Deoghuria and S SinhaIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Kolkata - 700032, INDIA Email ccsd@iacs.res.in

Institutional Repository at IACS in the

context of National Open Access Initiatives: A Status Report

Overview

Background

IR and National Initiatives

IACS IR

Results

Future Scope

Conclusion

Background

Rapid development in the field of information technology and knowledge dissemination

Bandwidth Availability

IR - to showcase the scholarly output of an Institution

IR to achieve more citations

Interoperability makes IR more visible

IR and National Initiatives

National Knowledge Commission

transforming India into a knowledge society

National Knowledge Network

building quality institutions with requisite research facilities

advancing human development in critical and emerging areas

National Knowledge Resource Consortium

A single point entity that provides its users with access to a multitude of open access resources

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)

Oldest research institute in India (1876)

premier institute doing research in frontier areas of basic sciences

Has its own registered domain (iacs.res.in)

IACS website is accessible till April 1998

IACS website is fully SEO enabled

It is developed and designed indigenously

The URL of IACS is www.iacs.res.in

IACS IR

URL: http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/

Interoperable: http://hdl.handle.net/10821/

Launched on November 12, 2010

Registered with the handle server (http://handle.net) on April 12, 2011

Registered Users: 33

Research Papers submitted: 104

Total theses submitted: 4

Communities in IACS IRBiological Chemistry Centre for Advanced Materials Computer Centre Energy Research Unit Inorganic Chemistry Journal Publications Library & Information Science Mahendra Lal Sircar Professor’s UnitMaterials Science Organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Polymer Science Unit Raman Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences Reports Solid State Physics Spectroscopy Theoretical Physics

Classes of Resources in IACS IR

Peer Reviewed Articles (Pre & Post print)

Conference & Seminar Proceedings

Annual Reports/Technical Reports

Invited Lectures

ETD (Electronic Thesis & Dissertation)

Objectives of IACS IR

Maximise the impact of the research carried out at the institution

Preserve the intellectual memory of IACS already produced and being produced in digital forms

Accelerate the progress of science.

Problems with IACS IRSlow adoption

Researchers at IACS are either unaware of IR or

Aware of its existence but remain detached from it

Potential Users: 500

Registered Users: 33

Average research papers published per year: 450

Average theses published per year: 35

Total research papers submitted: 104

Total theses submitted: 4

No of Items Submitted through Self Achieving: 5

Feedback from Researchers

They do not perceive the potential benefits of using such a system

They are extremely careful regarding what concerns publisher rights

Some researchers recognize technology as a barrier in the use of IR

Researchers feel that self-archiving is an additional task and they are already overburdened with their usual research work

Future Scope and Conclusionsto convince the authority to implement a mandated self-archiving policy as well as offering a incentive to promote self-archivinga thorough promotional plan for researchers Value added services for researchers like customised DSpace software to accommodate personal web pages of researchers in IRAwareness-raising and advocacy efforts are to be continued for researchersDifferent reports related with IR access are to be shared with researchersUn-necessary concern about Copyright is to be removedRSS feeds is to be implemented with IACS IR

Questions?

Thank you for your attention!

Contact information:ccsd@iacs.res.in

IACS, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700032