Abstract

CANO INCLAN, Anisley; DE DIOS ARIAS, Raiza Ana; GARCIA GARCIA, Ognara  and  CUESTA RODRIGUEZ, Floriselda. Institutional repositories: current status in the international, Latin American and Cuban environment. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2015, vol.26, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 2307-2113.

The paper approaches the theoretical foundations of institutional repositories rendering services related to the organization, management, dissemination, preservation and provision of open access to the scientific production of a community. The purpose of the study was to describe the current status of institutional repositories in the international, Latin American and Cuban environment and show their growth. In the international environment, an analysis was conducted of repositories indexed in OpenDOAR and ROAR. The analysis revealed an increase in the implementation of repositories in the last decade. In the Latin American context, a presentation is made of initiatives indexed in the Ranking Web of Repositories by means of a quantitative analysis of repositories per country. In the Cuban environment, a characterization is provided of repositories indexed in the above-mentioned directories. Emphasis is placed on the current status of the Ministry of Higher Education concerning implementation of the "Network Collaboration" project.

Keywords : open access; institutional repositories; Cuba; Latin America.