Open access repositories in the Asia-Oceania region: Experiences and guidelines from three academic institutions

摘要

In recent years open access models have transcended traditional modes of publishing, thus enabling freeraccess to research. This paper takes a trans-regional approach to open access publishing in the Asia andOceania region focussing on individual institutions in three countries – Charles Darwin University (Australia),University of Hong Kong and the University of Malaya, reflecting on how each one is rising, in its ownindividual way, to meet the range of challenges that its research communities are facing. Specifically, it focuseson open access and institutional repository development, and traces their development at each of theaforementioned institutions. This paper is based on interviews conducted with staff involved with thedevelopment of the repository, and the open access collection in particular, at each of the three institutions.It synthesises open access developments and reviews the role the library has played in each institution in thedevelopment of open access across the academic and research community; and the success that has beenachieved to date. It highlights any common factors between the approaches taken by each institution, as wellas any significant differences of note. The findings reveal that each of the three institutions is at a differentstage of development with the University of Hong Kong repository ranked at the top within Asia. Each hasused a slightly different approach toward open access, and used different software to develop theirrepository. The authors have collated the overall experiences of each institution in open access publishing andrepository development. They have highlighted the successes and failures that each has experienced andformulated a set of guidelines that may help those embarking on establishing an open access repository.