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Edda Tandi Lwoga - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Open access behaviours and perceptions of health sciences faculty and roles of information professionals.
Health information and libraries journal, 2015Co-Authors: Edda Tandi Lwoga, Frederik QuestierAbstract:Objective This study sought to investigate the faculty's awareness, attitudes and use of open access, and the role of information professionals in supporting open access (OA) scholarly communication in Tanzanian health sciences universities. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 librarians, while questionnaires were physically distributed to 415 faculty members in all eight Tanzanian health sciences universities, with a response rate of 71.1%. Results The study found that most faculty members were aware about OA issues. However, the high level of OA awareness among faculty members did not translate into actual dissemination of faculty's research outputs through OA web avenues. A small proportion of faculty's research materials was made available as OA. Faculty were more engaged with OA journal publishing than with self-archiving practices. Senior faculty with proficient technical skills were more likely to use open access than junior faculty. Major barriers to OA usage were related to ICT infrastructure, awareness, skills, Author-Pay Model, and copyright and plagiarism concerns. Interviews with librarians revealed that there was a strong support for promoting OA issues on campus; however, this positive support with various open access-related tasks did not translate into actual action. It is thus important for librarians and OA administrators to consider all these factors for effective implementation of OA projects in research and academic institutions. Conclusion This is the first comprehensive and detailed study focusing on the health sciences faculty's and librarians’ behaviours and perceptions of open access initiatives in Tanzania and reveals findings that are useful for planning and implementing open access initiatives in other institutions with similar conditions.
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Health sciences faculty perception and practices on OA scholarly communication
2013Co-Authors: Edda Tandi LwogaAbstract:This study sought to investigate the faculty’s awareness, attitudes and use of open scholarly communication in Tanzanian health sciences universities. Based on a questionnaire survey, 415 faculty members were selected through a stratified random sampling from a population of 679 in all eight health sciences universities in Tanzania. The response rate was 71.1%. The study found a high level of engagement with scholarly publishing, where senior members were more likely to participate in scholarly communication as journal Authors, referee and editors. The majority of respondents were aware about open access (OA) issues; however, a small proportion of faculty’s research materials was made available in OA. Senior faculty with more proficient technical skills are more likely to use OA than junior faculty. Major barriers to OA usage were related to ICT infrastructure, awareness, skills, journal Author Pay Model, and copyright and plagiarism concerns. This study recommends the following: universities to improve information and communication technology infrastructure, and develop institutional repositories and policies, and librarians to create awareness about OA, conduct information literacy programmes, and provide information services on copyright management issues and other related OA aspects. This is first comprehensive and detailed study focusing on the health sciences faculty use behaviour of OA initiatives in Tanzania, and reveals findings that are useful for planning and implementing OA initiatives in other institutions with similar conditions.
Frederik Questier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Open access behaviours and perceptions of health sciences faculty and roles of information professionals.
Health information and libraries journal, 2015Co-Authors: Edda Tandi Lwoga, Frederik QuestierAbstract:Objective This study sought to investigate the faculty's awareness, attitudes and use of open access, and the role of information professionals in supporting open access (OA) scholarly communication in Tanzanian health sciences universities. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 librarians, while questionnaires were physically distributed to 415 faculty members in all eight Tanzanian health sciences universities, with a response rate of 71.1%. Results The study found that most faculty members were aware about OA issues. However, the high level of OA awareness among faculty members did not translate into actual dissemination of faculty's research outputs through OA web avenues. A small proportion of faculty's research materials was made available as OA. Faculty were more engaged with OA journal publishing than with self-archiving practices. Senior faculty with proficient technical skills were more likely to use open access than junior faculty. Major barriers to OA usage were related to ICT infrastructure, awareness, skills, Author-Pay Model, and copyright and plagiarism concerns. Interviews with librarians revealed that there was a strong support for promoting OA issues on campus; however, this positive support with various open access-related tasks did not translate into actual action. It is thus important for librarians and OA administrators to consider all these factors for effective implementation of OA projects in research and academic institutions. Conclusion This is the first comprehensive and detailed study focusing on the health sciences faculty's and librarians’ behaviours and perceptions of open access initiatives in Tanzania and reveals findings that are useful for planning and implementing open access initiatives in other institutions with similar conditions.
Sumeer Gul - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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philosophy of escapism in the open access world studying Author Pay Model
Library Review, 2013Co-Authors: Tariq Ahmad Shah, Sumeer GulAbstract:– The purpose of this paper is to consider the economic perspective in open access publishing. The status of the article processing charges in open access journals is explored and highlighted., – The study is based on the analysis of journals indexed by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the fee structure levied by them as article processing charges (APCs)., – Open access journal publishers have to evolve a mechanism that will share the burden of the Authors interested in publishing in OA journals that levy article processing charges., – The study can act as an eye‐opener for the publishers and associations affiliated with Authors to support them and their works in making them publishable in open access journals which charge fees for article publishing. Also, the study can be extended on the basis of economic Models that open access journals share in different disciplines and additional work can be carried out to highlight the perception of the Authors who are benefitted from article processing charges., – An economic divide between the Authors who belong to the developed nations and the Authors who reside from third world nations can be bridged., – The study is first of its kind, as it highlights the economic burden that the Authors share in a fee‐based open access publishing world.
Tariq Ahmad Shah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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philosophy of escapism in the open access world studying Author Pay Model
Library Review, 2013Co-Authors: Tariq Ahmad Shah, Sumeer GulAbstract:– The purpose of this paper is to consider the economic perspective in open access publishing. The status of the article processing charges in open access journals is explored and highlighted., – The study is based on the analysis of journals indexed by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the fee structure levied by them as article processing charges (APCs)., – Open access journal publishers have to evolve a mechanism that will share the burden of the Authors interested in publishing in OA journals that levy article processing charges., – The study can act as an eye‐opener for the publishers and associations affiliated with Authors to support them and their works in making them publishable in open access journals which charge fees for article publishing. Also, the study can be extended on the basis of economic Models that open access journals share in different disciplines and additional work can be carried out to highlight the perception of the Authors who are benefitted from article processing charges., – An economic divide between the Authors who belong to the developed nations and the Authors who reside from third world nations can be bridged., – The study is first of its kind, as it highlights the economic burden that the Authors share in a fee‐based open access publishing world.
Harkanwal P Singh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Knowledge and attitude of health researchers from India towards Paying to publish and open access journals
Indian Pediatrics, 2015Co-Authors: Harkanwal P SinghAbstract:Knowledge and attitude of 2509 Indian health researchers towards open access publishing and Authors Paying to publish Model was evaluated. 55.6% researchers had knowledge about open access and 76% about Author Pay Model. 72% of Researchers were not interested to Pay publication charges. Lack of research grants were the primary reason for inability to Pay publication charges.
