19. In terms of the single most essential resource, what stands out is the importance of journal articles for the medical and biological sciences; the importance of e-prints (pre and post) in the physical sciences and engineering; the broader mix in social sciences and the particular importance of books in languages and area studies....22. Most respondents in three of the five main groupings did not report problems in gaining access to research resources. Lack of reported problems was correlated with the availability of a research assistant of some kind, and this was more likely in the sciences. 23. However, in two of the five groupings, a majority reported problems and in the rest the minority was large. 24. The main problems were in gaining access to journals, conference proceedings, books and databases....35. Up to a quarter of researchers (with the highest percentages in social sciences and arts and humanities) do not know their copyright position in relation to journals or books. 36. The overwhelming majority of researchers in all disciplines do not know if their university has an institutional repository. 37. There is slightly higher awareness of subject-based repositories and this varied significantly between groups, with physical scientists having the greatest awareness. 38. Depositing behaviour among those that are aware of repositories varied considerably with half of physical scientists depositing routinely in the IR against 18% of medical and biological scientists. The highest proportion of respondents depositing in subject archives was also among physical scientists (44%) but the lowest was in arts and humanities. 39. There is a high level of awareness of current debates about open access across the board. 40. The majority of researchers in all disciplines favour research funding bodies mandating self-archiving.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/07/2005 10:42:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
