?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+acquisition+of+open+access+research+articles&rft.creator=Sale%2C+AHJ&rft.subject=280100+Information+Systems&rft.description=The+behavior+of+researchers+when+self-archiving+in+an+institutional+repository+has+not+been+previously+analyzed.+This+paper+uses+available+information+for+three+repositories+analyzing+when+researchers+(as+authors)+deposit+their+research+articles.+The+three+repositories+have+variants+of+a+mandatory+deposit+policy.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt+is+shown+that+it+takes+several+years+for+a+mandatory+policy+to+be+institutionalized+and+routinized%2C+but+that+once+it+has+been+the+deposit+of+articles+takes+place+in+a+remarkably+short+time+after+publication%2C+or+in+some+cases+even+before.+Authors+overwhelmingly+deposit+well+before+six+months+after+publication+date.+The+OA+mantra+of+'deposit+now%2C+set+open+access+when+feasible'+is+shown+to+be+not+only+reasonable%2C+but+fitting+what+researchers+actually+do.&rft.publisher=Unpublished&rft.date=2006-08&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.utas.edu.au%2F375%2F1%2FAcquisition.pdf&rft.identifier=Sale%2C+AHJ+(2006)+The+acquisition+of+open+access+research+articles.+Working+Paper.+Unpublished.+(Unpublished)&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.utas.edu.au%2F375%2F