F. Questier, E. T. Lwoga, A model for measuring open access adoption & usage behaviour of health sciences faculty members, Medicon 2013, Sevilla, Spain
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A model for measuring open access adoption & usage behaviour of health sciences faculty members
1. A model for measuring
open access adoption & usage behaviour
of health sciences faculty members
Prof. dr. Frederik Questier
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dr. Edda Tandi Lwoga
Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Health Sciences
Medicon 2013 Sevilla Spain
Medical and Biomedical engineering and computing
2. This presentation can be found at
http://questier.com
http://www.slideshare.net/Frederik_Questier
7. Golden Open Access
= OA journals
Proportion of journals in
Directory of Open Access Journals
Green Open Access
= non-OA journals
+ self archival
Proportion of repositories in
Directory of Open Access Repositories
10. Methodology
➢ Interviews
➢ Librarians
➢ Medical scientific staff
➢ Model conceptualization
➢ Pilot survey
➢ Cross sectional survey
➢ Medical scientific staff
➢ Model validation
11. Sampling
➢ 617
= total population (all scientific medical staff of all 8
Tanzanian health sciences universities)
➢ 415
= random stratified sample
➢ 295
= # respondents (71.1% response rate)
12. Basis for conceptual model
➢ Social Exchange Theory
➢ Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
➢ Theory of Reasoned Action
➢ Technology Acceptance Model
➢ Motivational Model
➢ Theory of Planned Behaviour
➢ Combined TAM & TPB
➢ Model of PC Utilization
➢ Innovation Diffusion Theory
➢ Social Cognitive Theory
17. Significant factors
➢ for intention
➢ Copyright concerns
➢ Attitude
➢ Academic reward
➢ Accessibility
➢ Preservation
➢ Effort expectancy
➢ Culture
➢ for actual usage
➢ Professional recognition
➢ Facilitating conditions
➢ Behavioural intention
➢ Copyright concerns
➢ Professional rank
➢ Technical skills
➢ Number of publications
18. “I support the principle of open
access"
Around 70% of their research publications are not openly accessible
“I support the principle of open access”
➢ Agree 34%
➢ Strongly Agree 52%
1 of the 8 universities had a OA repository
1 of the 8 universities had a OA journal
23. 23
➢ New model based on combination of SET & UTAUT
➢ helps to understand OA adoption (in Tanzanian health universities)
➢
OA awareness is low
➢ OA publishing is not common practice
➢ OA principles are easily accepted by staff
➢ Actions needed to move forward
Conclusions
24. Copyright acknowledgements
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