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- Exploring the Directory of Open-access Books with a Special Focus on Science & Technology Collection
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1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, IN
2 Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kashmir, IN
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1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, IN
2 Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kashmir, IN
3 Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, IN
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International Journal of Information Studies & Libraries, Vol 3, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 49-54Abstract
The Directory of Open-Access Books (DOAB) is a platform to discover open-access books. Peer-reviewed e-books published under open-access business model are being furnished here with links to the full text of the publications at the Open-Access Publishing in European Networks Library, publisher’s website, or repositories. The study has explored the DOAB database to identify the open-access books in the field of Science & Technology. The data have been collected from DOAB (available at http://www.doabooks.org). In total of 2093 books available in the discipline of Science & Technology (S & T), the maximum number of books are on Science-General (628) followed by Health Science (420), Biology and Life Sciences (384), Technology and Engineering (244), and Earth and Environmental Sciences (183). Furthermore, English was found to be the predominant language with 1677 books, followed by Portuguese (153) and German (90). The publisher trend reveals that the most dominant open-access book publisher in the field of science & technology is Frontiers Media SA (876 books), followed by Springer (233), MDPIAG (103), ANU Press (94), and SciELO Books-Editora FIOCRUZ (88).Keywords
Open-access, Directory of Open-Access Books (DOAB), Science & Technology, OAPEN.References
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- Figshare: A One-Stop Shop for Research Data Management with Diverse Features and Services
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1 University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar - 190006, IN
1 University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar - 190006, IN
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Journal of Information and Knowledge (Formerly SRELS Journal of Information Management), Vol 59, No 6 (2022), Pagination: 391-397Abstract
Research data management is recognized as an important concern for institutions. Various academic and research institutions today maintain different institutional repositories operating on different platforms to save and share research data. Researchers require a platform that ensures maximum accessibility, stability and reliability to share research data. Sharing data makes it possible to replicate studies, formulate new research questions, and generate new knowledge. One such platform used for sharing and preserving research data is “Figshare”. The purpose of this paper is to look at the journey of the Figshare platform and investigate the usefulness of this platform for sharing and preserving data. This paper provides an understanding of the platform for research institutions to employ for data management purposes. The research design of this article consists of non-empirical research majorly based on literature review and analysis. The literature analysis focused on the architecture, metadata handling capacities, interoperability, compatibility and services offered to researchers and research institutions by this platform. Focused literature searches were conducted across various electronic databases and this study tried to explore the solution that Figshare offers in supporting research data. Further, the article outlines the benefits of the Figshare repository and shows how this registry helps in the appropriate storage and sharing of research data. This article presents the potential of the Figshare platform that can be applied and used in different research disciplines for preserving and sharing research data.Keywords
Data Management, Data Sharing, Figshare, Repository, Research Data.References
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