TY - DATA T1 - MyOpenArchive, an individual rather than an institutional Open Access Repository, and initial responses PY - 2012/08/18 AU - Keita Bando UR - https://figshare.com/articles/poster/MyOpenArchive_an_individual_rather_than_an_institutional_Open_Access_Repository_and_initial_responses/94342 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.94342.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/96718 KW - creative commons KW - institutional repository KW - openaccess KW - myopenarchive KW - Sociology N2 - Within the first 3 years of its launch, MyOpenArchive have attracted 393 users and received 210 posts from individuals. Of the total posts on MyOpenArchive, 95% consist of gray literature. On the basis of initial results, we can safely claim that the project been a success. In the process, we have accumulated a vast variety of research including some “gray” materials such as faculty papers and final drafts. We have also claimed our success because a few related studies have been quoted, for instance, by some theses.
Finally, 83% of users embraced Creative Commons License to post research. Users of MyOpenArchive therefor understand the usefulness of the digital right management. Besides, CC BY-NC [10] has been embraced by 50% of the posts. These results reveal increasing public awareness of the importance of a medium for sharing academic studies. ER -