Institutional Repositories and Academic Social Networks: Competition or Complement? A Study of Open Access Policy Compliance vs. ResearchGate Participation

INTRODUCTION The popularity of academic social networks like ResearchGate and Academia.edu indicates that scholars want to share their work, yet for universities with Open Access (OA) policies, these sites may be competing with institutional repositories (IRs) for content. This article seeks to reve...

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Main Authors: Andrée J. Rathemacher, Corey Lang, Divana Boukari, Julia Lovett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iowa State University Digital Press 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
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Online Access:https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12790/