Journal of Information Organization


Vol No. 10 ,Issue No. 0 2020

Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India: a Case Study
Shajitha C, Abdul Majeed K C
School of Social Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Abstract: This study tries to explore the perceptions of faculty members towards Institutional Repository (Dyuthi) of Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, India. It also discussed the content recruitment nature of faculty members in IR. In order to carry out the study, a voluntary survey was conducted among faculty members. They showed high awareness and satisfaction about IR and the highly significant relationship was observed between awareness and satisfaction. However, their self-archiving practice in Dyuthi was low and they were not at all unfamiliar with the self-archiving practice outside Dyuthi (IR). They have supported the framing of a policy to deposit their scientific works in IR. The study indicated that faculty members tended to adopt a traditional preservation strategy to store their works.
Keywords: Open Access, Institutional Repository, Faculty Perception, Content Recruitment Nature, Self-archiving, Preservation Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India: a Case Study
DOI:https://doi.org/10.6025/jio/2020/10/1/1-12
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