Abstract:
This study examined self-archiving practices of academic scholars in the faculty of Arts
and faculty of Engineering in the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. A survey method
was adapted and a web based questionnaire was used as the main data collection tool.
The study established that even though most of the respondents in the two faculties were
aware of self-archiving concept as means for providing open access, less percentage of
them had experience in self-archiving. The findings further revealed that the Engineering
scholars had more experience in self archiving and they engaged in more self archiving
activities than the scholars in the faculty of Arts. Regarding the preferred content type and
file format, the preference of the two faculty members are somewhat different and the
scholars in the faculty of Engineering has done self archiving more easily while spending
lesser time, compared to the Arts scholars. Based on the results and conclusions the
recommendations were made at the end of the study.
