http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18116 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:26 GMT 2013-06-19T00:52:26Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76721 Implementing Open Access Policies Using Institutional Repositories Duranceau, Ellen Finnie; Kriegsman, Sue Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76721 2013-01-10T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71216 Archive and database as metaphor: Theorizing the Historical Record Manoff, Marlene Digital media increase the visibility and presence of the past while also reshaping our sense of history. We have extraordinary access to digital versions of books, journals, film, television, music, art and popular culture from earlier eras. New theoretical formulations of database and archive provide ways to think creatively about these changes to the cultural and historical record. This essay explores the ways in which the current digital environment can be theorized in terms of, what I call, its archival effects. Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71216 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70913 The Accessibility Quotient: A New Measure of Open Access Willmott, Mathew A.; Dunn, Katharine H.; Duranceau, Ellen Finnie INTRODUCTION The Accessibility Quotient (AQ), a new measure for assisting authors and librarians in assessing and characterizing the degree of accessibility for a group of papers, is proposed and described. The AQ offers a concise measure that assesses the accessibility of peer-reviewed research produced by an individual or group, by incorporating data on open availability to readers worldwide, the degree of financial barrier to access, and journal quality. The paper reports on the context for developing this measure, how the AQ is calculated, how it can be used in faculty outreach, and why it is a useful lens to use in assessing progress towards more open access to research. METHODS Journal articles published in 2009 and 2010 by faculty members from one department in each of MIT’s five schools were examined. The AQ was calculated using economist Ted Bergstrom’s Relative Price Index to assess affordability and quality, and data from SHERPA/RoMEO to assess the right to share the peer-reviewed version of an article. RESULTS The results show that 2009 and 2010 publications by the Media Lab and Physics have the potential to be more open than those of Sloan (Management), Mechanical Engineering, and Linguistics & Philosophy. DISCUSSION Appropriate interpretation and applications of the AQ are discussed and some limitations of the measure are examined, with suggestions for future studies which may improve the accuracy and relevance of the AQ. CONCLUSION The AQ offers a concise assessment of accessibility for authors, departments, disciplines, or universities who wish to characterize or understand the degree of access to their research output, capturing additional dimensions of accessibility that matter to faculty. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70913 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69102 A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India Khalidi, Omar Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69102 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z