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Web 2.0 interactivity in open access repositories
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Purpose
– The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of open access (OA) repositories that have embraced Web 2.0 technologies. The main focus of the paper is to explore the occurrence of Web 2.0 tools used in the open repositories.
Design/methodology/approach
– Repositories having English as one of the interface/content languages and indexed in Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) were selected and analyzed under different parameters.
Findings
– A total of 1,499 open access repositories having English as one of the interface/content languages (75.82 percent of total OA repositories) are developed from 81 nations and only 61 countries have most of their repositories Web 2.0 enabled. About 57 percent (804) repositories make use of Web 2.0 tool/s, 43 percent (608) have yet to avail benefits of Web 2.0 tools while 5.8 percent remain inaccessible (87) during the study period. Though the USA leads in terms of OA repositories, the percentage of Web 2.0 enabled repositories is higher for the UK (75.27 percent) as compared to the USA (51.08 percent). Really Simple Syndication (RSS), a syndication tool, is found in the majority of repositories (736, 91.54 percent) followed respectively by Social Bookmarking and ATOM (syndication tool) in 228 and 160 repositories
Research limitations/implications
– Repositories have to develop a more productive Web 2.0 outlook in order to converge with an interactive learning model. A follow-up study can explore the use of Web 2.0 tools in open access repositories. The impact of Web 2.0 tools on the associated activities of the users as well as repository administrators can also be carried on. How Web 2.0 tools have helped to improve the services of the repositories and how they have influenced the information seeking behavior of users in the open access repositories can also be researched.
Originality/value
– The research is the first of its kind and can act as an opener to the issues related to use of Web 2.0 in open repositories.
Title: Web 2.0 interactivity in open access repositories
Description:
Purpose
– The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of open access (OA) repositories that have embraced Web 2.
0 technologies.
The main focus of the paper is to explore the occurrence of Web 2.
0 tools used in the open repositories.
Design/methodology/approach
– Repositories having English as one of the interface/content languages and indexed in Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) were selected and analyzed under different parameters.
Findings
– A total of 1,499 open access repositories having English as one of the interface/content languages (75.
82 percent of total OA repositories) are developed from 81 nations and only 61 countries have most of their repositories Web 2.
0 enabled.
About 57 percent (804) repositories make use of Web 2.
0 tool/s, 43 percent (608) have yet to avail benefits of Web 2.
0 tools while 5.
8 percent remain inaccessible (87) during the study period.
Though the USA leads in terms of OA repositories, the percentage of Web 2.
0 enabled repositories is higher for the UK (75.
27 percent) as compared to the USA (51.
08 percent).
Really Simple Syndication (RSS), a syndication tool, is found in the majority of repositories (736, 91.
54 percent) followed respectively by Social Bookmarking and ATOM (syndication tool) in 228 and 160 repositories
Research limitations/implications
– Repositories have to develop a more productive Web 2.
0 outlook in order to converge with an interactive learning model.
A follow-up study can explore the use of Web 2.
0 tools in open access repositories.
The impact of Web 2.
0 tools on the associated activities of the users as well as repository administrators can also be carried on.
How Web 2.
0 tools have helped to improve the services of the repositories and how they have influenced the information seeking behavior of users in the open access repositories can also be researched.
Originality/value
– The research is the first of its kind and can act as an opener to the issues related to use of Web 2.
0 in open repositories.
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