Institutional Digital Repository Benchmarks, 2013 Edition - Softcover

Primary Research Group

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574402382 ISBN 13: 9781574402384

Publisher: Primary Research Group, 2013

Synopsis

This 117-page study presents data from 33 institutions, mostly universities and other colleges, about their institutional digital repositories. The report presents hard data on the holdings of the repositories, and the growth in their stock of journal articles, books, dissertations, images, video and other forms of intellectual property. The study also gives detailed info on budgets and operating costs, including the cost of professional labor, as well as details on what is downloaded from the sites and by whom. These details include data on downloads from within or outside the institution, and by nation of origin of the downloader, among other variables. In addition, the study looks at issues such as marketing the repository, assuring cooperation from faculty, sources of funding, impact on the parent institution’s reputation, growth rates of content and downloading, trends in cataloging and other issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Primary Research Group
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574402382
• ISBN 13: 9781574402384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116