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WIT Libraries

WIT Libraries. WIT Libraries. WIT Institutional Repository Update. David Kane, WIT. WIT Libraries. Current System (for 350 years) Problems Increased sum of human knowledge The Journals Crisis. About Scholarly Communication. WIT Libraries.

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WIT Libraries

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  1. WIT Libraries

  2. WIT Libraries WIT Institutional Repository Update David Kane, WIT

  3. WIT Libraries • Current System (for 350 years) • Problems • Increased sum of human knowledge • The Journals Crisis About Scholarly Communication

  4. WIT Libraries Publications from Waterford/WIT over last 3 decades

  5. WIT Libraries The Rising Cost of Journals $14k

  6. WIT Libraries The Rising Cost of Journals $16k

  7. WIT Libraries 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) Journal Prices

  8. WIT Libraries • Free, immediate, permanent access to research for use, downloading and distribution. • 2 Approaches • Journal Reform • Self Archiving Open Access

  9. WIT Libraries 91% of Journals allow you to publish on an Inst’l Repository

  10. WIT Libraries • Promotion individuals and institutions • Cross-fertilization between disciplines • Access for non-academic users ( e.g. policy makers ) • Citation advantage Open Access Benefits

  11. WIT Libraries Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  12. WIT Libraries Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  13. WIT Libraries • 4th academic repository in the state • Others include • DCU • UCD • Maynooth • TCD WIT Repository

  14. WIT Libraries WIT Repository http://repository.wit.ie/

  15. WIT Libraries

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