[ALCTS-acqnet] Primary Research Group Inc. has published the International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2016 Edition, ISBN 978-157440-3862

Primary Research Group Inc. has published the International Survey of
Institutional Digital Repositories, 2016 Edition, ISBN 978-157440-3862

The 150+ page study presents detailed data on budgets and spending, man hours
devoted to the repository, revenue generation and fees, access policies &
content viewing restrictions, levels of cooperation from faculty and parent
institution staff, marketing, cataloging, downloads and other user statistics,
ePublishing & peer review efforts, and much else of interest to library staff
and suppliers interested in repositories, content distribution & publishing
and open access.

The study presents data and commentary from 37 institutional digital
repositories worldwide including but not limited to: Johns Hopkins University,
the Association of European Research Libraries, Instituto de Salud Carlos III,
OECD, Rutgers University, University College Dublin, Iowa State University,
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Oregon State University, the World
Bank, the University of Seville, Qatar University, Montana State University,
Utrecht University and the University of Canterbury, among others.

Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:

•	The digital repositories in the sample were operational for 5.18 years
on average, with a maximum of 16 years.
•	About 86% of repositories sampled do not charge users a fee in any
form; none of those charging a fee were educational institutions.
•	Level 1 or Level 2 Carnegie Class Research Universities in the sample
(and their equivalents outside of the USA) had a mean of 1,104,140 downloads
in the past year.
•	For US-based repositories, 27% of downloads came from countries other
than the US itself or Canada.
•	In  case of BA or MA Granting Institutions less than half (43%) of the
repository downloads come outside the parent institution, while for other
types of educational institutions at least 76% on average comes from outside
the parent institution.
•	Non-US repositories sampled experienced higher increases ($16,562 on
average) in their repository budgets than their US counterparts ($5,006).
To place an order, or to obtain a table of contents, excerpt, the
questionnaire and full participants list, visit the product page for this
report at:

http://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=596

Or visit our main home page at www.PrimaryResearch.com; call us at 212-736-
23156 or contact us by fax at 212-12-9097.