Ryan Scicluna's Page

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Are you participating in OAWeek 2021? (You can update this later): Yes--definitely!

First name: Ryan

Last name: Scicluna

Organization/institution name: University of Malta Library

Type of institution: Academic Institution

What's your position?: Librarian

What's the level of OA awareness where you are?: Medium

What are your goals for OA Week?: To raise awareness about OA and the UoM Institutional Repository in OA - OAR@UoM

How did you hear of the OA Week site?: I use it frequently for OA information

Ryan Scicluna's Blog

The first Open Access Repository in Malta: two years of challenges and experiences

Two years after the launch of the first open access repository in Malta, some thoughts and observations on the evolution of this project can be made. Unfortunately, disseminating information and speaking at local conferences was not enough to persuade academics to upload material. In consequence, the University started working on an OA policy to mandate submissions onto the repository.**

In September 2014, the University of Malta (UM) launched its…

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Posted on September 21, 2016 at 10:00pm