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Digitalcommons@University Of Rhode Island Statistics 2007-2008 Jul 2008

Digitalcommons@University Of Rhode Island Statistics 2007-2008

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of full text downloads from the DigitalCommons@University of Rhode Island institutional repository for 2007-2008. Data are provided monthly on the number of full text downloads by collection and document, and on the number of referrals by domain and country. Dissertations are included in the statistics. Digital Commons statistics are COUNTER-compliant, with downloads from robots and automated processes filtered out.


The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing? Jan 2008

The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?

Jean-Gabriel Bankier

Universities have always been one of the key players in open access publishing and have encountered the particular obstacle that faces this Green model of open access, namely, disappointing author uptake. Today, the university has a unique opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate the model of the institutional repository. This article explores what is not working about the way we talk about repositories to authors today and how we can better meet faculty needs. More than an archive, a repository can be a showcase that allows scholars to build attractive scholarly profiles, and a platform to publish original content in emerging …


The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing? Dec 2007

The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?

Irene Kamotsky

Universities have always been one of the key players in open access publishing and have encountered the particular obstacle that faces this Green model of open access, namely, disappointing author uptake. Today, the university has a unique opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate the model of the institutional repository. This article explores what is not working about the way we talk about repositories to authors today and how we can better meet faculty needs. More than an archive, a repository can be a showcase that allows scholars to build attractive scholarly profiles, and a platform to publish original content in emerging …