Open Access and Web 2.0 in the Academic Library: A South African Experience Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives Pavlinka Kovatcheva University of Johannesburg, Library & Information Centre [email protected]Participant presentation @ the Scientific Information in the Digital age: Access and Dissemination ICTP, Trieste, Italy: 14 October 2009
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Open Access and Web 2.0 in the Academic Library: A South African Experience
Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives
Pavlinka KovatchevaUniversity of Johannesburg, Library & Information Centre
The IR project started in 2007• Parties involved in the development (Library IT, Copyright officer & Rare
Book Collection staff))• DSpace software was used• From 2008 all new Theses & Dissertations (T & D) were uploaded directly
into UJDigispace• UJDigispace officially launched on 24 March 2009 • By mid-2009, all online T & D from the old system were uploaded/migrated
into UJDigispace• Department of Industrial Psychology & Human Management was used
as pilot project. • Vacant post for IR Manager/Administrator• During October 2008 & early 2009: IR was introduced to the Library Staff• Marketing not as such , because of the vacancy• Future plans: Interest from Engineering Faculty & Botany Department
Physics Department: Theses & Dissertations Human Resource Management
UJDigispace: Examples (2)
UJDigispace Statistics
31 Aug - 30 Aug 2009
• Visitors Overview
- 5,544
• Site usage
- 6,172 visits
- 28,667 page view
• Traffic
- Search Engines (68.88%)
- Direct Traffic (22.59%)
- Referring sites (8.54%)
11 Sep - 11 Oct 2009
• Visitors Overview
- 8,400
• Site usage
- 9,515 visits
- 36,843 page view
• Traffic
- Search Engines (69.39%)
- Direct Traffic (20.88%)
- Referring sites (9.73%)
Promoting Open Access (OA) @ UJ Library http://ujscienceslibrarynews.wordpress.com/open-access-oa
• Oct 2008 OA week - a post on the UJ Sciences Librarian blog• March 2009 IR officially launched• August 2009 – Open Access web page for Sciences • October 2009 – Library initiative in promoting OA
- 3 UJ Intranet circular/notifications- Brochures - Exhibition on each Campus Library on OA week.- Open access T-shirts, notepads, etc. - Talk about OA & IR during open access week- A post on the Sciences blog, e-mail academics
Marketing UJ Institutional Repository: UJ Sciences Library News blog