Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
5-21-2021
Journal / Book Title
Digital Commons Southeastern User Group Meeting (DC SEUG 2021)
Abstract
How can we encourage faculty to deposit their scholarly works in our university’s institutional repository (IR)? What motivates faculty to self-archive, and participate in the IR? The who self-archives question can be easily answered, but the why questions involve more rigor to find answers and create solutions. While there has been considerable attention dedicated to the development, implementation, and the initial population of content into the IR at Montclair State, there has been no data collection used to evaluate the IR, in regards to faculty awareness, and motivation to participate, and continued participation, that can help to strategically influence outreach efforts. We will share the preliminary results of our research study which utilizes the value of collecting qualitative data to explore the wants and needs of the users, and intended users, of Montclair State University’s institutional repository.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Ramsden, Karen and Sweeper, Darren, "Is it Something We Didn't Ask? Examining Our Faculty's Motivation to Use Our University's IR" (2021). Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works. 84.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/spraguelib-facpubs/84
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