Indian Repositories in Providing Access to Academic Research: Researchers' Perspectives

The presentation titled "Indian Repositories in Providing Access to Academic Research: Researchers' Perspectives" was presented in the "COAR Asia OA Meeting: The Promise and Practice of Open Science!” on 17 April 2024, taken place on April 17-18, 2024 at the UNESCO office in New Delhi, India. The presentation concluded: 

While Indian researchers face significant challenges in embracing OS, there is a growing recognition of its importance; By addressing infrastructure limitations, funding constraints, cultural resistance, and providing adequate training, India can move towards a more open and collaborative research ecosystem; While Indian institutional repositories face significant challenges in promoting open access, there are opportunities for improvement through targeted interventions; By addressing funding constraints, technological limitations, awareness issues, and implementing supportive policies, Indian repositories can play a more effective role in advancing OA to scholarly research; Indian funding agencies should incentivize the institutions, networks, Diamond OA publishers, and Green OA initiatives through sustainable funding supports and policy interventions; Scholarly societies and library networks should also play important roles in policy advocacy and OS campaigns.