Founded in 2018, DSpace@Gelisim has become Türkiye's seventh institutional open access archive as of its establishment date and continues to grow richer day by day. Entering the TUBITAK Türkiye Academic Archive "Harman" system in the top 100 at the end of 2018, IGU Institutional Open Access Archive rose six places and ranked 63rd as of October 2024.

Any document, publication, report, presentation, audio recording and video produced by IGU academic-administrative units and students that have passed academic and administrative inspection can be uploaded to the IGU Institutional Open Access Archive. The information received from the Library and Documentation Department states that articles are recorded in the archive after being checked by international publishing policy systems such as SHERPA/ROMEO. It is also stated that Open Access Archives increase the visibility and citations of institutions/authors, and also contribute to universities in webometric rankings.

The archive, which started to serve on the renewed website in September 2024, can be accessed at https://acikerisimarsivi.gelisim.edu.tr