Institutional Repositories in BRICS Countries

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  • Sadagopan Dhanavandan Assistant Librarian, Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University, Gandhigram-624 302, Dindigul Dt. Tamil Nadu. India
  • Mottaiya C. Tamizhchelvan Deputy Librarian, Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University,Gandhigram-624 302, Dindigul Dt.Tamil Nadu. India

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Institutional Repositories, Knowledge and Appraisal, BRICS Countries

Abstract

An institutional repository includes digital assets generated by academics, such as administrative documents, course notes, learning objects, or conference proceedings. It will provide a window that gives open access to improve the sponsoring institution’s visibility and status. This paper discusses the growth and development of Institutional Repositories available in BRICS Countries. The relevant data was collected from the directory of OpenDOAR. Based on the data in OpenDOAR, 242 repositories are represented from BRICS countries. Among the 242, 84 (34.71%) repositories are from Brazil, 39 (16.12%) from China, 68 (28.10%) repositories from India, 22 (9.109%) repositories from Russia, and 29(11.98%) repositories from South Africa. Brazil has the largest number of records (11, 17,688) among BRICS Countries repositories.

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2015-06-30

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Dhanavandan, S., & Tamizhchelvan, M. C. (2015). Institutional Repositories in BRICS Countries. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 5(1). Retrieved from https://ijkcdt.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijkcdt/article/view/56

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