Bókasafnið - 01.06.2011, Qupperneq 54

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bókasafnið 35. árg. 2011
deildin er aðeins með 24% ritgerða sinna í opnum aðgangi
en stjórnmálafræðideildin með 83%. Það er líka mikill munur
á Heilbrigðisvísindasviði. Þar nær hjúkrunarfræðideildin 97%,
sem er mjög hátt hlutfall, en lyfj afræðideildin er aðeins með
44% ritgerða í opnum aðgangi. Lagadeild og lyfj afræðideild
skera sig verulega úr hvað þetta varðar. Ein ástæðan gæti ver-
ið ótti við hugverkastuld. Innan þessara greina er samkeppnin
mikil. Aðrar ástæður nefndar fyrir lokuðum aðgangi eru:
fyrirhuguð birting í ritrýndu tímariti, útgáfa í bók, viðkvæmar
persónuupplýsingar og viðkvæmar fj ármálaupplýsingar. Þó
eru margar ritgerðir lokaðar þar sem engin þessara ástæðna
er fyrir hendi. Einn nemandi orðaði það svo að honum þætti
tilhugsunin um að aðrir væru að lesa eitthvað eftir hann á
netinu óþægileg.
En opinn aðgangur vinnur hægt og bítandi á og ef Háskóli
Íslands og aðrir íslenskir háskólar setja sér stefnu um opinn
aðgang munu æ fl eiri efl aust velja að veita almenningi að-
gang að rannsóknum sínum á netinu í framtíðinni.
Lengri gerð þessarar greinar er að fi nna í Skemmunni
Abstract
Skemman and Open Access
Skemman is an institutional repository used by six Icelandic
universities to archive and preserve electronic copies of aca-
demic research as well as students‘ theses. In late November
2010 a total of nearly 7000 authors had submitted their work
to Skemman. This article examines the percentage of theses
submitted by students at The University of Iceland during the
academic year 2009-2010 as well as the percentage of open
access theses. Students are required to submit an electronic
copy of their fi nal thesis but can choose between open or
closed access.
The University of Iceland Council voted to make the sub-
mission of electronic copies of fi nal theses mandatory in Fe-
bruary 2008. Later that year The National and University Li-
brary took over the running of the repository and started to
archive electronic copies of theses from the University of Ice-
land in October 2008. The fi rst academic year of 2008-2009
was not very successful since the repository lacked both
formal rules and the necessary publicity. Students graduate
from The University of Iceland three times a year, in October,
February and June. Results for the academic year 2009-2010
were as follows: In October 81% of those graduating submit-
ted their theses to Skemman. Of these 67% were open access.
In February 86% of the graduates submitted their theses and
71% of these were open access. In June 93% of all graduates
submitted their theses and again 71% were open access.
Whereas the percentage of submissions went up 12%, the
percentage of open access theses only increased 4%.
There is not an obvious diff erence between the fi ve
schools of The University of Iceland as regards open access
but if faculties within the schools are examined a huge
diff erence appears. In June 2010 only 24% of those graduat-
ing from the Faculty of Law chose open access as opposed to
97% of those graduating from the Faculty of Nursing.
The University of Iceland has not implemented a policy
of open access but plans to do so in 2011 which is the 100th
anniversary of the foundation of the University. A formal po-
licy is expected to raise the percentage of open access theses
as well as encourage academic staff to make their research
available to the public in the repository.
Þórhallur Þórhallsson
Sigling
Fangaskip
siglir fyrir
vindum lífsins.
Sekkur í
gráa eyðimörk.
Siglum áfram
í dagskímunni.
Þú og ég
á nýju skipi
fegurðarinnar
með veruleikann
að baki.
Draumar
Þar sem draumarnir dvelja
í hvítu eggi tröllsins
þar sefur sakleysið
blátt, skínandi
eins og fugl fæðist
til að fl júga, fl júga.