Presented by Ansie van der Westhuizen Unisa Institutional Repository: Sharing knowledge to advance research

Training outline Introduction to UnisaIR Copyright and Open Access Searching the UnisaIR Preparation of your items before submission Submission process and practical exercise

Benefits For the institution: Increases visibility and prestige of institution (depending on content contained) Content is searchable both locally and globally Allows institution to manage its intellectual property right (IP) by raising awareness of copyright issues and facilitating the recording of relevant rights information For the researcher: Increases visibility of research output Increases impact of your publications, as an author at the institution Offer usage metrics so researchers can determine hit rates on specific papers For global community: Help research collaboration through facilitating free exchange of scholarly information Assists in public understanding of research endeavors and activities Transition to OA through the Funding Agency Lens! Selematsela, Daisy URI: Date:

Examples of items in UnisaIR

Who may submit material ? UNISA employees and postgraduate students on M/PhD-level may submit items to the repository.

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Impact on online visibility Unisa IR Groenewald, ThomasA phenomenological research design illustrated. (International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 4(1), pp1-25 Full text views: Google Scholar A phenomenological research design illustrated T Groenewald uir.unisa.ac.za This article distills the core principles of a phenomenological research design and, by means of a specific study, illustrates the phenomenological methodology. After a brief overview of the developments of phenomenology, the research paradigm of the specific... Cited by Cited by 524 Related articles All 11 versionsRelated articlesAll 11 versions

Definitions Open access (OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles Internetpeer-reviewedscholarly journal An Institutional Repository is an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating - in digital form - the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. An institutional repository (IR) is a digital collection of an institution's intellectual output. IRs are a key infrastructure component in the digital environment because they provide better access to our digital assets and they ensure that digital objects are managed appropriately. e.html e.html

Characteristics of Open Access The publisher charges directly for the service of publication/ dissemination - Costs covered by 'article processing charge’ (APC) No barriers to access such as subscription costs Research immediately and permanently available via the Internet - citations Licensed so as to allow redistribution and reuse (Creative Commons) Archived permanently in an internationally recognized repository (e.g. PubMed Central/WDS etc) - in multiple locations to ensure long term access (DOI’s)

Open Access Open Access is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles.Internetpeer-reviewedscholarly journal Gold Open Access – publish in OA journals Green Open Access – OA repository e.g. UnisaIR

Versions of articles Pre-print Post-print Published version Pdf format

Gold Open Access Article processing charges for the article to be published freely available, for example BioMed Central, Springer Open, Wiley’s Open Access Journals, OASIS OpenJournals

Green Open Access Self-archiving – author archive the manuscript in a repository Post-print, pre-print or publisher’s version Embargo period could apply

Open Access statement research-publications-national-research-foundation-nrf-funded The NRF recognises the importance of Open Access to science and research while at the same time appreciating that Open Access will continue to evolve in response to societal needs, achieving overarching policy harmonisation and new innovative publishing business models. The NRF encourages its stakeholder community, including NRF’s Business Units and National Research Facilities, to: Formulate detailed policies on Open Access of publications and data from its funded research; Establish Open Access repositories; and Support public access to the repositories through web search and retrieval according to international standards and best practice.

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DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.

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Beall’s list Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers Misleading metrics and Hijacked journals Hijacked journals predatory-publishers-2015/

Unisa IR workflow Submit Review Edit metadata Available on Unisa IR Prepare : pdf format, copyright (post-print or final published version) Research materials Check availability on UnisaIR (Full-text or Record only?) Check availability on UnisaIR (Full-text or Record only?) pdf to Library Yes, (record, but no full-text) No

Pre-submission steps Research Write Submit to publisher Peer review Editing Submit final manuscript Final proof from publisher Published in journal

What you should do … Submit a PDF version of peer-reviewed, post-print versions of your articles and published conference papers to the UnisaIR Give Unisa permission to make your articles freely available Retain your copyright

What the library will do … Assess the submission Adhere to the publishers regulations Manage embargoes Manage and preserve Provide online access Support and guidance

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