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Research and Markets: Research and Markets: The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories Available Now(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) RDATE:16112007 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74380) has announced the addition of The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories to their offering Information science studies focus on the purchasing behavior and management practices of major information consumers. Major scientific, technical, legal, medical, corporate and academic libraries use our reports as benchmarking tools. Major vendors/producers of content and content technology development tools use our studies to grasp market trends and pinpoint opportunities. The study presents data from 56 institutional digital repositories from eleven countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, South Africa, India, Turkey and other countries. The 121-page study presents more than 200 tables of data and commentary and is based on data from higher education libraries and other institutions involved in institutional digital repository development. In more than 300 tables and associated commentary the report describes norms and benchmarks for budgets, software use, manpower needs and deployment, financing, usage, marketing and other facets of the managment of international digital repositories. The report helps to answer questions such as: who contributes to the repositories and on what terms? Who uses the repositories? What do they contain and how fast are they growing, in terms of content and end use? What measures have repositories used to gain faculty and other researcher participation? How successful have these methods been? How has the repository been marketed and cataloged? What has been the financial impact? Data is broken out by size and type of institution for easier benchmarking. Content Outline: List of Tables SELECT PARTICIPANTS 1. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE 2. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS 3. CONTENTS OF THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 4. INITIAL REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING 5. SOFTWARE AND WEB APPLICATIONS FOR THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 6. MARKETING THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 7. NUMBER OF VISITORS TO AND END USERS OF THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 8. THE BUDGET OF THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 9. WHO WORKS IN AND RUNS THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY? 10. FACULTY & INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION COOPERATION WITH THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 11. DEGREE OF OPEN ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 12. RELATIONS WITH SEARCH ENGINES 13. FUNDING THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY 14. CATALOGING ISSUES OTHER REPORTS FROM US List of Tables SELECT PARTICIPANTS BYU Western Kentucky University Ferris State University University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Virginia Library International Center of Photography Oklahoma State University Library University of Birmingham Rijks Instituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu University of Waikato Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library JISC Stockholm University Library Oregon State University Libraries University of Leicester National Law School of India University Free Library of Philadelphia Macalester College Biddle Law Library, U Penn Law School Vanderbilt University Library Northeastern University Leiden University Library OECD -- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (International Organization) University of South Australia Library Raman Research Institute University of South Australia University of Southern Queensland University of Namibia Library National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Unitec Institute of Technology University of Waterloo The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges University of Pennsylvania Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico Illinois State Geological Survey University of Wisconsin Central Queensland University University of London (The Bloomsbury Colleges Consortium) New Mexico State Library University of Wisconsin-River Falls Fondren Library, Rice University School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton UKOLN (Library research organization based at the University of Bath, UK) University of Hull University of Botswana Tarleton State University Queensland University of Technology (Australia) University of Hawaii at Manoa Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Florida International University RWTH Aachen (Germany) DRDO (Defense Research & Development Organization/Government of India) Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74380 CONTACT: Laura Wood, Senior Manager, Research and Markets Fax: +353 1 4100 980 e-mail: [email protected] ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright 2007 M2 Communications Ltd. |