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WIT Institutional Repository Update David Kane, WIT
WIT Libraries About Scholarly Communication Current System (for 350 years) Problems Increased sum of human knowledge The Journals Crisis
WIT Libraries Publications from Waterford/WIT over last 3 decades
WIT Libraries The Rising Cost of Journals $14k
WIT Libraries The Rising Cost of Journals $16k
WIT Libraries Journal Prices From 2000 to 2004, the increase in median price for 12 journal publishers rose between 27% (Cambridge U.P.) and 94% (Sage). Library and Information Statistics Unit (Loughbrough University)
WIT Libraries Open Access Free, immediate, permanent access to research for use, downloading and distribution. 2 Approaches Journal Reform Self Archiving
WIT Libraries 91% of Journals allow you to publish on an Inst’l Repository
WIT Libraries Open Access Benefits Promotion individuals and institutions Cross-fertilization between disciplines Access for non-academic users ( e.g. policy makers ) Citation advantage
WIT Libraries Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
WIT Libraries Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
WIT Libraries WIT Repository 4 th academic repository in the state Others include DCU UCD Maynooth TCD
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