Identifying the criteria of institutional repositories: examining the institutional repository of Al-Zahra University

Falah, Maryam and Nakhoda, Maryam and Samiei, Mitra and Fahimnia, Fatima Identifying the criteria of institutional repositories: examining the institutional repository of Al-Zahra University. Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 2021, vol. 55, n. 3, pp. 21-39. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Objective: The purpose of this article is to identify the institutional repository evaluation indicators and to evaluate the compliance of the institutional repository of Al-Zahra University with it. Methodology : This research has used the qualitative method., the meta-combined method has been used to create the indicators. And the panel of experts has been identified to refine the criteria and a last part of the researcher-made checklist has been used to check the realization of the selected criteria using descriptive statistics. Findings: The findings showed that a total of 70 elements divided into six categories (technology, policy, content, marketing, personnel and user application) are among the evaluation indicators which was obtained from the meta-synthesizing and the institutional repository of Al-Zahra University was evaluated according to these criteria. Conclusion: According to the research findings, institutional repository indicators were conceptualized in 6 dimensions of technology, procedure, content, marketing, personnel and user, which serves the analysis of institutional repositories. The result is that the condition of Al-Zahra University repository corresponds to 3/4 standards in terms of standards. And a slight weakness is seen in some areas such as procedure and line and policy and content management and technology and personnel. Which should be carefully reviewed in weak areas and try to improve the quality of the institutional repository such as Spark.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: institutional repository, indicators of institutional repository, the degree of compliance of the institutional repository of Al-Zahra University of Tehran with indicators , Evaluation institutional repository
Subjects: F. Management. > FJ. Knowledge management
Depositing user: Maliheh Dorkhosh
Date deposited: 23 Jan 2023 10:13
Last modified: 23 Jan 2023 10:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/43746

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