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41691
Type
technical report
Titre
Research, publication and dissemination of scientific literature in the field of conservation of historic monuments and sites - Results of the ICOMOS Documentation Centre questionnaire - ICOMOS and Open Access: Setting up an institutional and subject repository
Langues
English
Auteurs
Rantica, Cecilia / García Vicente, José
Lieu de publication
Paris
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2010
Pages
30
Mots-clés
publications / conservation of cultural heritage / dissemination / scientific research / open access / digital archives / questionnaires / scientific publications
Résumé en anglais
The ICOMOS Documentation Centre has carried out a survey among professionals in the field ofconservation of historic monuments and sites, in order to know their needs and practices in te
rms ofscientific and academic research and the subsequent dissemination of their works. In this report we
explain the results of this study, which reveal some general tendencies in the behavior of theheritage professionals. Professionals prefer to use traditional publications (printed journals and books) although the use of
online publications is increasing compared to printed format, particularly online scientific journals andspecialized websites.
However, open archives and open access repositories are not yet well established in this particularscientific field. The study reveals that most of the authors publish the results of their research in a traditional format:
printed journals, books and printed conference proceedings. Online Internet publishing is not verywidespread, although the number of online scientific journals in this field has greatly increased in
recent years. Overall we can say that heritage conservation professionals are not very familiar with either the openaccess movement or open archives or repositories. Only a small minority of participants say that
they know and use open archives and publish in open access online journals.There are not yet many repositories or open archives in this particular scientific field apart from
those set up by universities and teaching institutions. The same phenomenon can benoticed with open access scientific journals although their number has considerably
increased over the last few years.In addition to the lack of knowledge on the subject, or perhaps precisely because of it, we sense a
certain fear among authors of depositing their articles in an online open access repository which isopen to the whole international scientific community. Two of the main worries concern the risk of
plagiarism and copyright aspects. In the report, we shall try to dispel these doubts. It is in this context that we develop our proposition to create the ICOMOS Open Archive: Eprints onCultural Heritage, a subject and institutional repository in the field of heritage conservation (historical
monuments, landscapes and sites); This open archive will take the form of an institutionalrepository where all the scientific documentation produced by ICOMOS will be deposited and
centralized. It will also serve as a subject repository open to the rest of the international scientificcommunity in the field of cultural heritage conservation. Once the archive is up and running, it will be
open to all international, national, regional organizations, institutions, universities, etc from thecultural heritage field as well as to any individual professionals interested in depositing their articles
and publications in the archive: It will be self-archiving so that once they have been registered on thesystem, authors can deposit their publications by themselves.
The aim is to create a World archive specialized in the conservation, restoration, protection,management and enhancement of cultural heritage (historic monuments, sites and landscapes), in
order to facilitate the dissemination and exchange of technical and specialized information amongthe scientific community.
rms ofscientific and academic research and the subsequent dissemination of their works. In this report we
explain the results of this study, which reveal some general tendencies in the behavior of theheritage professionals. Professionals prefer to use traditional publications (printed journals and books) although the use of
online publications is increasing compared to printed format, particularly online scientific journals andspecialized websites.
However, open archives and open access repositories are not yet well established in this particularscientific field. The study reveals that most of the authors publish the results of their research in a traditional format:
printed journals, books and printed conference proceedings. Online Internet publishing is not verywidespread, although the number of online scientific journals in this field has greatly increased in
recent years. Overall we can say that heritage conservation professionals are not very familiar with either the openaccess movement or open archives or repositories. Only a small minority of participants say that
they know and use open archives and publish in open access online journals.There are not yet many repositories or open archives in this particular scientific field apart from
those set up by universities and teaching institutions. The same phenomenon can benoticed with open access scientific journals although their number has considerably
increased over the last few years.In addition to the lack of knowledge on the subject, or perhaps precisely because of it, we sense a
certain fear among authors of depositing their articles in an online open access repository which isopen to the whole international scientific community. Two of the main worries concern the risk of
plagiarism and copyright aspects. In the report, we shall try to dispel these doubts. It is in this context that we develop our proposition to create the ICOMOS Open Archive: Eprints onCultural Heritage, a subject and institutional repository in the field of heritage conservation (historical
monuments, landscapes and sites); This open archive will take the form of an institutionalrepository where all the scientific documentation produced by ICOMOS will be deposited and
centralized. It will also serve as a subject repository open to the rest of the international scientificcommunity in the field of cultural heritage conservation. Once the archive is up and running, it will be
open to all international, national, regional organizations, institutions, universities, etc from thecultural heritage field as well as to any individual professionals interested in depositing their articles
and publications in the archive: It will be self-archiving so that once they have been registered on thesystem, authors can deposit their publications by themselves.
The aim is to create a World archive specialized in the conservation, restoration, protection,management and enhancement of cultural heritage (historic monuments, sites and landscapes), in
order to facilitate the dissemination and exchange of technical and specialized information amongthe scientific community.
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