The institutional repository landscape in medical schools and academic health centers: a 2018 snapshot view and analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study uses survey research methods to gain a deeper understanding of the institutional repository (IR) landscape in medical schools and academic health centers.

Methods

Members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) were surveyed about their IRs. The authors used a mixed-methods approach of a survey and qualitative content analysis to identify common themes.

Results

Survey results indicate that a large majority of responding medical schools and academic health centers have or are implementing an IR (35 out of 50, 70%). Of these, 60% (21 institutions) participate in an institution-wide IR rather than administer their own repositories. Much of the archived content is grey literature that has not already been published, but the pe

SUBMITTER: Kipnis DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature