Size Isn’t Everything: Sustainable Repositories as Evidenced by Sustainable Deposit Profiles

Carr, L. and Brody, T. (2007) Size Isn’t Everything: Sustainable Repositories as Evidenced by Sustainable Deposit Profiles. DLib Magazine, 13 (7/8). ISSN 1082-9873

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Abstract

The key to a successful repository is sustained deposits, and the key to sustained deposits is community engagement. This paper looks at deposit profiles automatically generated from OAI harvesting information and argues that repositories characterised by occasional large-volume deposits are a sign of a failure to embed in institutional processes. The ideal profile for a successful repository is discussed, and a new service that ranks repositories based on these criteria is implemented.

Item Type:	Article
Creator/Authors:	Leslie Carr Tim Brody
Keywords:	Institutional Repositories, Evaluation, Self-Archiving
Additional Information:	This is the author's postprint with the spreadsheet data that supports the article.
Research Group:	Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
Alternative Locations:	http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html, http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/july2007-carr
ISSN:	1082-9873
Date:	July 2007
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Citations:	Google Scholar: 22
Downloads (2010):	157
ID Code:	13872
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2011 10:34
Deposited On:	16 Apr 2007 by Carr, Les

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