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Use and Awareness of Open Access Resources among Researchers:A Case Study of Raman Research Institute


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1 Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080, India
2 Mangalore University, Mangalore-574 199, Karnataka, India
     

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This paper presents the key findings of a survey about use, awareness and utilization of open access resources and selected Web 2.0 tools among physics researchers. Open Access (OA) resources are classified into two categories: primary sources of information with full text access including databases and Web 2.0 applications like ResearchGate, Wikipedia and personal blogs. The population chosen for this study were physics researchers of Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, India. A structured questionnaire was distributed to 120 physics researchers;. 102 responses were obtained. The analysis revealed that physics researchers are aware and using subject based repositories like arXiv. It is found that around fifty-one per cent of users are satisfied with available OA resources.

Keywords

Awareness, arXiv, Open Access Resources, Personal Blogs, RRI, Web 2.0 Tools, Wikipedia.
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About The Authors

M. N. Nagaraj
Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080
India

Library Department, Assistant Librarian  at Raman Research Instiute.

M. K. Bhandi
Mangalore University, Mangalore-574 199, Karnataka
India

University Librarian, Mangalore University,Mangalore


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Authors

M. N. Nagaraj
Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080, India
M. K. Bhandi
Mangalore University, Mangalore-574 199, Karnataka, India

Abstract


This paper presents the key findings of a survey about use, awareness and utilization of open access resources and selected Web 2.0 tools among physics researchers. Open Access (OA) resources are classified into two categories: primary sources of information with full text access including databases and Web 2.0 applications like ResearchGate, Wikipedia and personal blogs. The population chosen for this study were physics researchers of Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, India. A structured questionnaire was distributed to 120 physics researchers;. 102 responses were obtained. The analysis revealed that physics researchers are aware and using subject based repositories like arXiv. It is found that around fifty-one per cent of users are satisfied with available OA resources.

Keywords


Awareness, arXiv, Open Access Resources, Personal Blogs, RRI, Web 2.0 Tools, Wikipedia.

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