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Analyses of institutional Open Access digital repositories in Ecuador

Abstract:

Digital repositories are used in the academic field to democratize knowledge. The purpose of the article is to offer diagnosis and characterization of these repositories, as well as to make a brief analysis of the legal situation for its implementation in Ecuador. We used the analytical method and the type of descriptive and exploratory research, finding that of the thirty registered repositories the majority are in private higher education institutions and belong to the database category.