Scholarly Communication in a Digital Environment: Populating the Institutional Repository of the University of Botswana
Scholarly Communication in a Digital Environment: Populating the Institutional Repository of the University of Botswana
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数字环境中的学术交流：填充博茨瓦纳大学的机构存储库
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2015
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O. Oladokun
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O. Oladokun
摘要本文研究了数字化学术交流的诸多好处，通过机构知识库（IRs）可见，这在世界发达国家的高等院校中已经成为潮流。为了实现成为非洲和世界领先的学术卓越中心的愿景，博茨瓦纳大学（UB）建立了自己的IR，称为UB研究，创新和奖学金档案馆（UBRISA）。本文讨论了在UBRISA上分析数字学术交流的挑战，这是一项充满潜力的技术，但UB员工在很大程度上忽视了它。这种忽视的后果体现在该委员会成立四年期间提交的文件微不足道。本文解释了实施策略，以及推动UBRISA的三方团队的参与和功能。论文指出，在填充其他机构的数字存储库时遇到的延迟问题也深深植根于UB。它通过业绩管理制度的工具- -学术工作人员在年初签署的年度合同- -来普及UBRISA的一些失败的努力是相同的。然后，论文分析了非洲学术传播项目（SCAP）的努力，该项目与布法罗大学合作，培训布法罗大学的工作人员进行IR的操作，并建立了一个审查、描述和上传内容到IR的工作流程，以便布法罗大学的奖学金能够向世界展示。本文还提出了一些建议。
Abstract This paper examines the numerous benefits of digital scholarly communication made visible through institutional repositories (IRs) that have become trendy in institutions of higher learning in developed countries of the world. In line with its vision to be a leading centre of academic excellence in Africa and the world, the University of Botswana (UB) established its own IR known as the UB Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive (UBRISA). This paper discusses the challenges of profiling digital scholarly communication on UBRISA, a technology brimming with potential but which UB staff has largely ignored. The consequences of this neglect are seen in the paltry submissions to it during its four years of existence. The paper explains the implementation policy, and the involvement and functions of a tripartite team that drives UBRISA. The paper notes that the problem of tardiness experienced in populating the digital repositories of other institutions is also deeply rooted in UB. It shares some failed efforts made to populate UBRISA through the instrument of the performance management system – an annual contract which the academic staff members sign at the beginning of the year. The paper then analyses the efforts of the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) that worked with UB in training its staff regarding the operation of the IR, and also established a workflow process for vetting, describing and uploading content to the IR so that UB scholarship could become more visible to the world. Some recommendations are also offered.