Analysis of the degree of informing of the users of the university library concerning the institutional repository

Abstract

Institutional repositories, a new phenomenon in the scientific community of the 21st century, become an indispensable element in the scientific activity of any university. Repositories, which have emerged in the information space of the Republic of Moldova in the last decade, are becoming more and more popular among teachers, researchers, PhD and masters students, specialists in libraries. Libraries must play an important role in the development of IR, based on the needs and support of faculties, simplifying the process of submitting publications, training of users etc. The key role of the faculty members is to present knowledge in the form of research results in the institutional archives. The institutional roles also include the introduction of the compulsory policy for submitting the works and the formulation of other documents for the operational management of the IR. UDC: 025.4:004.91.