[KMDG-L] Primary Research Group publishes The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition ISBN 157440-207-2

Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition (ISBN 157440-207-2), which examines trends among the digital repositories of academic and other major research libraries worldwide. The 225+ page study examines costs, policies and future plans of academic and research library digital repositories, with data broken out by size and type of institution, among other variables. Some of the many topics covered include: budgets, marketing, staffing, detailed statistics on access, downloads and faculty cooperation, cataloging, rights management, impact on institutional scholarly reputation, efforts to develop publishing ventures and peer review networks and much more.

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

� The mean annual budget of the repositories in the sample is $84,240.
� Only 18.42 percent of all repositories surveyed contain lectures (notes or video), courses, or other coursework.
� Generally speaking, the larger the institution the more likely its repository will contain audio and video files, with 71.43 percent of those with an enrollment of at least 25,000 having the former and an identical 71.43 percent having the latter.
� A mean of 5.82 percent of all downloads from institutions in the sample come from Canada.
� A little less than a quarter of the repositories in the sample publish an annual report.
� Just 2.63 percent of survey participants say the repository charges any form of fee for any articles or downloads (including charges aimed only at cost recovery).
� 30.56 percent of the repositories surveyed provide their authors either with an email or with access to some sort of record that periodically summarizes the downloads of their materials.
� Just 8.11 of participants say there is a system in place for authors to communicate with those who have downloaded their articles, either through instant message, message boards, or some other means.
� Only 5.41 percent of participants say the repository has�either alone or in concert with others�established any form of peer review network.
� The mean number of man-hours of librarian and librarian technician labor required per year to operate and market the digital repository is 3,186.5

Participants include Australian National University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the National College of Ireland, Rutgers University, the Naval Postgraduate Schools, the University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, the University or Warwick and many others.

For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.