Researchers are encouraged to publish research articles with preferred publishers. In addition to publishing their research articles, they are encouraged to also upload a second copy of the published article into the institutions’ institutional repository. The purpose of an IR is to centrally archive all research output by an institution, at the same time increasing the visibility of the institution and the impact it has in addressing research challenges. The following directories provide info on known repositories from all over the world:
- ROARMAP: the Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry of policies charting the growth of open access mandates adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.
- openDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories
- BASE search engine operated by Bielefeld University Library, is a search engine for academic web resources that harvests metadata from repositories
- DSpace Repository: the Association of African Universities (AAU) has implemented a harvester DATAD-R (Database of African Theses and Dissertations and Research) to harvest African Repositories. The collections of 4 communities (AAU Repository, Africa Centre of Excellence Scholarly Output, Research Africa & Theses/Dissertations) are available on the DSpace Repository.
