ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE-REPOSITORY OF ODESA I. I. MECHNIKOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY: SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL, EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, OPEN ACCESS

The open access initiative showed higher education institutions the way to create electronic archives of scholars’ publications, which reveals the scientific potential of higher education and characterizes the structure and content of educational process. The article briefly traces the prerequisites for the emergence of the open access movement and the process of discussion of open access conditions, principles and possibilities by the international community. A list of documents regulating open access and outlining initiatives is given. The main trends of the open access initiative, highlighted in principal international acts, are briefly defined: “Budapest Open Access Initiative” (2002, 2012, 2022), Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003), Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003), Scottish Open Access Declaration (2004) and a number of others. Within the framework of this global project, the functioning of the Institutional Repository of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University is considered. The organization, maintenance and filling of the University Repository is under the responsibility of the University Scientific Library. The functioning of the University Repository is conducted by the Regulations on the Electronic archive-repository of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. The article defines the Repository functions, tasks and purpose. In addition, technical characteristics are indicated and the software (DSpace) chosen to create the University Repository, which turned out to be the most effective for the implementation of the tasks, is described. It is detailed in which funds and sub-funds the content of the Repository is divided and what content, scientific and educational load each of them has. Attention is paid to the process of content filling: sources, loading mechanism, growth over the years. The cases involving the placement of academic texts and other documents in the archive are revealed; types of documents making up its content are also indicated. Search engines the Odesa National University Repository is indexed by are as well specified. The authors emphasize the role of the interaction of the Scientific Library with University staff for the effective functioning of the Repository and its filling, as well as for popularization of the University academic achievements and the increase in the citation level of University scholars. The activities of the University Scientific Library staff engaged in the Repository functioning are aimed at ensuring free, reliable and open access to scientific and educational publications.