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This work aims to present and discuss results of research about the perception of researchers regarding the deposit of scientific production in open access institutional repositories. The results presented compose results of a larger research whose purpose was to propose guidelines for the deposit of scientific production in open access institutional repositories based on the perception of the different actors that participate in the scholarly communication system. From the methodological point of view, the study has a descriptive purpose and a qualitative methodological approach, since the proposal of the guidelines was based on the perceptions of the actors involved. As a research method, the survey was adopted, which was operationalized with the adoption of the semistructured interview technique. Among the conclusions, the main motivations for depositing scientific production in institutional repositories are diversified according to the areas of knowledge. Among them are the awareness of the benefits of open access, compulsory deposit, institutional incentives and the link to culturally deposit-prone disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Identify the characteristics and the financing modalities adopted by Latin American open access journals. Using as a data source to LATINDEX regional system and the international directory DOAJ developed a mapping of the journals also randomly applied a questionnaire about editorial management process to a sample conformed by 124 publishers. It found that the financing of these publications is based mainly on institutional subsidy from public funds. Additionally observed that journals take some strategies work to save their operational limitations and necessary minor editorial policies adopted to guarantee the quality of the publication. Concludes that the financing modalities adopted by these journals contribute to the sustainability of these publications and in turn to the viability of scientific information in your countries and the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]