Self-archiving by Academics in Institutional Repositories, Personal Website, and Social Platforms

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA. in Information Management, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: To identify patterns of self-archiving by academics with emphasis on the impact of their familiarity with publishers' policies. .
Method and Research Design: A random sample of 160 faculty members in basic sciences, humanities and engineering from University of Shiraz (Total population: 505). Two researcher-made questionaires in 5-point Likert spectrum with Cronbach's alpha coefficients. 89 to 91 were used to collectd data. 9 statements with two aspects examined “familiarity to publishers’ open access policy”; 36 statements with 9 aspects tested self-archiving behavior. Descriptive and inferential statiscs Univariate Regression, T-test, Analysis of Variance, Kolmogorov Smirnov and SPSS ver 22 were used for analysis.
Findings and Conclusion: Familiarity with publishers open access policies was relatively low. Self-archiving behavior patterns were not desirable. Significant correlation was found between researchers' familiarity with publishers open access policies and their self-archiving behavioral pattern with 38.5% variance. There was significant relationship between academic rank, field and gender with research variables. Self-archiving facilitates open access by eliminating digital gap and visibility of works, as well as increasing scientific communications. Lack of familiarity with the open access policies and undesirable self-archiving behavior may cause challenges. The issue merits the attention of policy makers.

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Ganjine-ye Asnad
Volume 31, Issue 4 - Serial Number 124
January 2022
Pages 118-154

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  • Receive Date: 23 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 28 August 2021
  • Accept Date: 14 December 2021

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