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| Korean Open Access Repository | |
|---|---|
| Name | Korean Open Access Repository |
| Established | 2000s |
| Country | South Korea |
| Discipline | Multidisciplinary |
| Access | Open access |
Korean Open Access Repository
The Korean Open Access Repository is a collective term for South Korean institutional, national, and subject repositories providing free online access to scholarly works. It aggregates content from universities, research institutes, and public libraries to support scholarly communication among institutions such as Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Korea University, and Ewha Womans University. The repository network interfaces with international initiatives like Directory of Open Access Journals, OpenAIRE, SPARC, COAR, and WorldCat.
The repository ecosystem connects institutional collections from National Library of Korea, Korean Studies Information Service System, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, National Assembly Library of Korea, and provincial university archives. It indexes theses, dissertations, journal preprints, conference papers, technical reports, and datasets produced at centers including Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and LG Sciencepark. Interoperability is maintained with services such as CrossRef, DataCite, ORCID, PubMed Central, and Scopus.
Early developments trace to digitization efforts at Sejong University, Hanyang University, and Pusan National University in the late 1990s and 2000s, influenced by mandates from organizations like Korea Institute of S&T Information and policy frameworks from Ministry of Education (South Korea). International cooperation with Harvard University, MIT, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, and National Institute for Informatics drove adoption of protocols such as OAI-PMH and metadata schemas promoted by Dublin Core Metadata Initiative and ISO 690. Key milestones include integration with KoreaScience platforms, consolidation with the National Digital Science Library, and partnerships with KISTI and Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.
Collections span humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, medicine, and arts from institutions like Seoul National University Hospital, Asan Medical Center, Korea National University of Arts, Sungkyunkwan University, and Chung-Ang University. Content types include doctoral dissertations, master's theses, open journals, conference proceedings from events like Korea ICT Forum, technical standards from Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, and government-affiliated research reports from Korea Development Institute and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. Specialized datasets and software accompany outputs from Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency, and Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.
Open access policies are influenced by mandates and guidelines issued by Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea), Ministry of Education (South Korea), and funders such as National Research Foundation of Korea and Korea Health Industry Development Institute. Licensing commonly uses Creative Commons frameworks, with prevalent choices including Creative Commons Attribution, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives, and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. Deposit policies align with publisher policies from journals indexed by Korean Citation Index, Scopus, and Web of Science, and with rights management practices similar to those at Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis.
Platforms include open-source systems like DSpace, EPrints, and Fedora Commons, and commercial integrations used by institutions like Naver and Kakao. Metadata and interoperability follow Dublin Core, MARC 21, JSON-LD, and persistent identifier services from CrossRef and DataCite. Harvesting and exchange use OAI-PMH, while discovery leverages protocols and services such as Schema.org markup, SRU/SRW, and integration with Korean Open Access Scholarly Information System (KOASIS)-style aggregators and international aggregators like BASE. Preservation strategies reference standards from ISO 16363 and practices of CLOCKSS and Portico.
Governance models involve consortia of universities, national institutes, and funding bodies including National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea), and local municipal governments like Seoul Metropolitan Government. Funding mixes institutional budgets, competitive grants from organizations such as Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, and project support from foundations like Samsung Foundation and POSCO TJ Park Foundation. Advisory input comes from professional associations including Korean Society of Library and Information Science, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, and international partners such as COAR.
Usage metrics draw from repository analytics, citation tracking in Korean Citation Index, altmetrics services like Altmetric and PlumX, and bibliometric studies conducted by KISTI and National Research Foundation of Korea. Reported impacts include increased visibility for authors at Korea University, higher citation rates for open items appearing in Scopus and Web of Science, and cross-border access from institutions such as Peking University, National University of Singapore, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Cambridge. Evaluation frameworks reference indicators used by Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, and national research assessment exercises.
Category:Open access repositories Category:Academic libraries in South Korea