India’s Contribution to Ranking Web of World Repositories: a case study

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kumar, G H Hemantha | Srinivas, V | Raju, B N Yethi | Sudhakara, S

Affiliations: M S Ramaiah Medical College, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru 560 054. ghhemanth@gmail.com | Assistant Librarian, University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065. vsrinivas28@gmail.com | Assistant Librarian, M S Ramaiah Medical College, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru 560 054. yraju22@yahoo.co.in | Librarian, Sri Venkateshwara First Grade College, Madivala, Bengaluru 560 068. sudhakara_love@yahoo.co.in

Abstract: The present study attempts to evaluate India’s contribution to Ranking Web of World Repositories by making it the main source from data collection to highlight the present scenario of these repositories. There are 334 Universities, 10 Hospitals, 130 Business Schools, and 47 Research Centres repository developed so far in the world. The OpenMED National Informatics Centre–India occupies 118th place in the top 800 world repositories.

Keywords: Open Access Initiative, Ranking Web of World Repositories

DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120079

Journal: World Digital Libraries - An international journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 85-114, 2011