Tillman: Where Are We Now? Survey on Rates of Faculty Self-Deposit in Institutional Repositories | Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

"Abstract: INTRODUCTION The literature of institutional repositories generally indicates that faculty do not self-deposit, but there is a gap in the research of reported self-deposit numbers that might indicate how widespread and common this is. METHODS This study was conducted using a survey instrument that requested information about whether a repository allowed self-deposit and what its rates of self-deposit were, if known. The instrument contained additional questions intended to gather a broader context of repositories to be examined for any correlations with higher rates of self-deposit. It also included questions about the kinds of labor required to populate an IR as well as satisfaction with the rates of self-deposit. ... DISCUSSION From the responses, no profile could be formed of respondents reporting high rates of self-deposit that did not entirely overlap with many others reporting little or no self-deposit. However, the survey identifies factors without which high rates are unlikely. CONCLUSION The results of this survey may be most useful as a factor in administrative prioritizations and expectations regarding institutional repositories as sites of scholarly self-deposit."

Tillman, R.K., (2017). Where Are We Now? Survey on Rates of Faculty Self-Deposit in Institutional Repositories. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. 5(1), p.None. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2203