AND DIGITAL LIBRARY A VISION ON THE ORA USARB INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY Cover Image

O VIZIUNE ASUPRA REPOZITORIULUI INSTITUŢIONAL ORA USARB ŞI BIBLIOTECA DIGITALĂ
AND DIGITAL LIBRARY A VISION ON THE ORA USARB INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY

Author(s): Valentina Topalo
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Library and Information Science, Information Architecture, Library operations and management, Electronic information storage and retrieval, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: Institutional Electronic Archive ORA USARB; Digital Library; questionnaire; open resource resources; global information structure; academic educational materials; open access;
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the conclusions of the study on the impact of ORA USARB Institutional Repository and the Digital Library at Alecu Russo Balti State University. The study was conducted on the basis of the Questionnaire which contained eleven questions as a method of collecting research data and analyzed through Google Docs. The respondents represented 4 faculties:Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Exact, Economic and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Arts, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences.The study revealed the satisfactory use of USARB's own open resource resources: Open Recearsh Archive (ORA USARB) and the Digital Library by the university community and beyond, the integration and recognition of the Institutional Repository in the global information structure. Also note worthy are the efforts of the USARB Scientific Library Virtualization Services Group and the Center for Cultural Events to promote information seminars, Information Literacy courses, educational events to demonstrate the advantage and increase open access.