Developing Research
Capacity through
Institutional Repository Network in Azerbaijan
[DIRNA]
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Progress
DIRNA … WHY?
- The visibility of research output in AZ HEIs is limited;
- There is also an evident lack of understanding of OA-related general procedures and ethical principles among researchers and students;
- Several institutions in Azerbaijan have OA institutional repositories but OA publishing is less common;
- Common trend among scholars to publish their research findings in highly reputed journals, most of Azerbaijan publications is either unpublished or delayed;
- High costs of publications have contributed to limited growth of Azerbaijan scholarship;
- Some research outcomes addressing local and regional developmental issues, may eventually get published in local journals with poor distribution and recognition;
- Providing access to volumes of national research has become a priority in recent years.
Consortium
Project Partners
Activity by year
three steps to success
Project Structure
WorkPackages
WP1÷WP8
- Developing Project Management plan (including contingency clusters);
- Consortium Agreement;
- Developing Self-financing;
- Report on National Coordination Team (NCT) Meetings;
- Report on International Management Team (IMT) Meetings;
- Report on Virtual Meetings of IMT and NCT;
- Providing Operational and Financial Activities;
- Organizing Day-to-Day Management Activities;
- Kick-off meeting.
- Designing and conducting survey research in Partner AZ-HEIs;
- Identifying needs of partner AZ-HEIs;
- Report (and surveys) on estimation of research output size and the current practice of research output management and open access in AZ-HEIs;
- Report on needs of partner AZ HEIs.
- Education material preparation workshop;
- Preparing education material;
- Preparing training delivery plan;
- Preparing Vocational School training material in Azeri and English languages;
- Education material preparation workshop;
- Education materials;
- Training delivery plan;
- Vocational School training materials in Azeri and English languages.
- Reviewing and learning best practice and standard of EU countries in digital repositories management;
- Delivering Basic and intermediate training (Summer School);
- Delivering Advanced Training for instructors on different topics identified in the project;
- Delivering training for Potential Staff Members on OAIRs for inclusive education in EU Partner HEIs;
- Delivering Regular Workshops on Research Activities;
- Delivering workshops on copyright and fare use plagiarism.
- Developing structure and activity plan of the Integrated network of OAIRs;
- Research Data Management Study;
- Develop Institutional Repository policies;
- Develop repository implementation plan for long term support and management.
- Implement seven institutional repositories in partner AZ-HEIs;
- Evaluation workshop;
- Develop promotion and advocacy plan for institutional repository;
- Support installation, integration issues and scaling up activities;
- Creating database of teaching and learning materials for inclusive education;
- Creating a DIRNA Virtual Reference Desk.
- Organizing Quality Control Team Meetings;
- Developing Quality Assessment Plan;
- Coordinating Project Quality Monitoring Activities.
- Delivering Press Conferences;
- Publication of promotional materials;
- Publication of Joint Annual Report;
- Delivering Final conference;
- Maintenance of the Developing Research Capacity through Institutional Repository Network in Azerbaijan official website;
- Dissemination plan;
- Sustainability Action Plan.
Previous
Next
Events
- June 17, 2025
Faculty support to improve the institutional repositories
- December 4, 2024
Event within the DIRNA Project: "Open Access and Science Diplomacy"
- July 24, 2024
DIRNA Summer School Agenda, Ganja, Azerbaijan
News
Training on “Inclusive Education within the Institutional Repository Network”
27/02/2025
Training on “Inclusive Education within the Institutional Repository Network”
