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1、OPENACCESSTORESEARCHOUTPUTS—INSTITUTIONALPOLICIESANDRESEARCHERS’VIEWS:RESULTSFROMTWOCOMPLEMENTARYSURVEYSCLAIRECREASERLISU,LoughboroughUniversity,Loughborough,UKThispaperpresentstheresultsoftwocomplementarysurveysundertakenin2008aspartofawiderprojecti
2、nvestigatingtheeffectsandimpactofopenaccesstoresearchoutputsintheUK.Theinstitutionalview,fromasurveyofacademiclibrarians,iscomparedtoresearchersperceptionsandpractices.Re-searcherswerelargelyunawareoftheirinstitutionspolicieswithregardtoopenaccess,or
3、whethertheyhadaninstitutionalrepository.Reasonsformakingre-searchoutputsavailableonopenaccess,ornotdoingso,weresought,andtheroleofopenaccessmaterialasaresearchresourceinvestigated.Thesurveysfoundthatmanyresearchersmaintainedasuspicionofopenaccesspubl
4、ications,bothasauthorsandasusersofscholarlymaterial,togetherwithadegreeofignoranceaboutopenaccessandtheroleofinstitutionalrepositories.Thissuggeststhatadegreeofculturechangemaybeneeded,asinstitutionsdeveloprepositorieswithaviewtofutureresearchassessm
5、entrequirements,andmorefundersadoptopenaccessmandatesfortheoutputsfromresearchwhichtheyfund.Keywords:openaccess,scholarlycommunication,repositories,self-archiving,researchoutputsIntroductionTherehavebeenmanystudiesconcernedwithopenaccesstoresearchout
6、puts,eversincetechnologicaldevelopmentswhichallowedresearcherstohavescholarlymaterialdeliveredelectron-icallytotheirdesktopsattheclickofabutton.In2006,acom-prehensivestudywasundertakentoprovideabaselineforfurtherresearch,andtoidentifygapsintheavailab
7、leevidenceasitre-latedtotheUK(ElectronicPublishingServices,5).Followingthis,AddresscorrespondencetoClaireCreaser,Director,LISU,LoughboroughUniver-sity,LoughboroughLE113TU,UK.E-mail:c.creaser@lboro.ac.uk4SouthChinaNormalUniversity(183.63.102.139)-2016
8、/1/30DownloadOpenAccesstoResearchOutputs5in2007,SQWConsultingandLISU,basedatLoughboroughUni-versity,werecommissionedbyResearchCouncilsUK(RCUK)toidentifytheeffectsandassesstheimpactofopenaccesstore-searchoutputs,onpay-to-publishandself-archivingpublis