Research outputs produced by developing countries lack visibility. Common reasons are high costs of publishing, reluctance to share, as well as lack of journals focusing on research challenges speci1c to developing countries. The ongoing change towards open access and the rising popularity of institutional repositories allows for bridging the gap to developed countries. However, this still requires cultural, organizational and technical changes. In this paper, we describe a holistic approach for deploying open access repositories and building research data management services and increasing data curation skills. We describe how we identi1ed users’ needs and necessary supporting systems and services. We also explain the rationale and challenges faced when implementing popular repository systems and share experiences in developing institutional data management policies. Finally, we provide common goals for a national roadmap. All these actions are the 1rst step towards the preservation of both research outputs and cultural assets. The paper is based on our experiences from ROMOR project that helped in establishing policies, systems, and organizational work2ows at four Palestinian universities.

SETTING UP OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FROM PALESTINE / Awadallah, Rawia; Alagha, Iyad; Miksa, Tomasz; Rauber, Andreas; Davidson, Joy; Yahya, Adnan; Tammaro, Anna Maria; Caselli, Stefano; Anderson, Janet; Anderson, David; Salman, Nael; Abuzir, Yousef. - ELETTRONICO. - (2019). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th International Conference on Digital Preservation iPRES 2019 tenutosi a Amsterdam, the Netherlands nel September 16-20, 2019).

SETTING UP OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FROM PALESTINE

Anna Maria Tammaro;Stefano Caselli;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Research outputs produced by developing countries lack visibility. Common reasons are high costs of publishing, reluctance to share, as well as lack of journals focusing on research challenges speci1c to developing countries. The ongoing change towards open access and the rising popularity of institutional repositories allows for bridging the gap to developed countries. However, this still requires cultural, organizational and technical changes. In this paper, we describe a holistic approach for deploying open access repositories and building research data management services and increasing data curation skills. We describe how we identi1ed users’ needs and necessary supporting systems and services. We also explain the rationale and challenges faced when implementing popular repository systems and share experiences in developing institutional data management policies. Finally, we provide common goals for a national roadmap. All these actions are the 1rst step towards the preservation of both research outputs and cultural assets. The paper is based on our experiences from ROMOR project that helped in establishing policies, systems, and organizational work2ows at four Palestinian universities.
2019
SETTING UP OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FROM PALESTINE / Awadallah, Rawia; Alagha, Iyad; Miksa, Tomasz; Rauber, Andreas; Davidson, Joy; Yahya, Adnan; Tammaro, Anna Maria; Caselli, Stefano; Anderson, Janet; Anderson, David; Salman, Nael; Abuzir, Yousef. - ELETTRONICO. - (2019). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th International Conference on Digital Preservation iPRES 2019 tenutosi a Amsterdam, the Netherlands nel September 16-20, 2019).
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