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Top 30 Full Text Downloads By Series For Fy 2020 (7/1/19‐06/30/20) Digitalcommons@University Of Nebraska‐Lincoln, Paul Royster

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Top 30 downloaded series, UNL Digital Commons FY 2020 (7/1/19—6/30/20)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) • Historical Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension • Robert Katz Publications • Nebraska Law Review • Nebraska Tractor Tests • Management Department Faculty Publications • Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty • Faculty Publications, Department of Psychology • USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff Publications • Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings • Educational Administration: Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research • Electronic Texts in American Studies • Great Plains Quarterly • Public Access Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research from the College of Education …

Digital Commons A National Leader With 50-Million Downloads

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Nebraska's Digital Commons repository features an interactive map that shows paper downloads in real-time. The site recently surpassed the 50 million download mark. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Digital Commons has grown to rank among the nation’s most accessed online repositories of research materials.

Featuring 100,000 full text items supplied by Nebraska faculty, staff and students, the Digital Commons surpassed the 50-million download mark on Sept. 14. In a survey of other leading online repositories managed by other universities, the total downloads from Digital Commons ranks as the top site in the nation. The milestone was reached through the stewardship of …

Office Of Scholarly Communications, Annual Report Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017), Paul Royster, Sue A. Gardner, Margaret Mering, Linnea Fredrickson

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This report covers the Scholarly Communications team, and activities involving the institutional repository (IR), library publishing operations, outreach and advocacy, and copyright consulting.

Highlights include services, size, usage metrics, recognition (Ranking Web of World Repositories), Zea Books, journals, and appendices. (32 pages)

Most Frequently Downloaded Items In February 2016, Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster

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Taking advantage of a 29th day this leap year, the UNL Digital Commons supplied 580,677 downloads for the month. The 250 most frequently downloaded are listed below.

Overall, the repository supplied 123,646 downloads of those 250 items, plus another 457,031 downloads of 46,975 other items not among the top 250. There were 23,017 items that were not downloaded during the month. This represents an average of 8.3 downloads per available item; and 67.5% of available items were downloaded at least once.

February's total was an increase of 15.9% over February 2015 and a 26.2% increase over February 2014 (helped in …

Depositing Your Works In The Unl Digitalcommons: Advice For Self-Depositors

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You have found the UNL DigitalCommons, the university’s institutional repository, and you would like to include some, or some additional, articles or other works in it. If you are not an affiliate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln or a participant in one of its educational, service, or research programs, then we probably cannot help you. This repository is intended for archiving the scholarly output of the UNL community.

Following is some advice for UNL faculty, staff, students, and associates on the procedures for putting your work online in our publicly accessible UNL DigitalCommons web space, which is search-engine enabled …

Office Of Scholarly Communications Annual Report, Fy 2012, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

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The UNL Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications continues to be among the most active and innovative in the USA. Its DigitalCommons repository is the nation’s second-largest, but perhaps its most impressive feature is the degree of faculty acceptance and participation. Other libraries are challenged to get faculty to contribute to their repositories; we are challenged to keep up with the incoming volume and ongoing demand for services. Our library publishing efforts are also a model for others, and we are a leader in the development of electronic publishing of open-access academic materials.

Report includes list of accomplishments, analysis of trends, …

Scholarly Communications Annual Report, Fy 2011, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

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The Office of Scholarly Communications continued to recruit and manage content for the UNL DigitalCommons institutional repository (IR) and to expand its outreach to campus, regional, and national constituencies.

Word 2010 Fonts Embedding Issues Resolved, Paul Royster,

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Earlier this week I was “upgraded” from MS Office 2007 to MS Office 2010. In addition to the annoyance of hours spent reconstructing my former settings and toolbars for Word, I also discovered another issue: Word files saved as PDF refused to embed some fonts, specifically those deriving from Excel or other charts and graphs inserted into Word documents.

Previously, Word 2007 had interoperated with an Adobe Acrobat plug-in to properly convert such files and embed all fonts according to Acrobat’s preference settings. But for Word 2010, there is no working Acrobat plug-in, and Microsoft has proudly included their own …

March 2011 Download Summary & Most Downloaded Articles

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Number of articles = 47,914
Open Access = 36,464
Other (ProQuest ETD's) = 11,450

Articles downloaded = 29,750
pct of OA articles downloaded = 82%

Number of Downloads = 309,579
avg per OA article = 8.5

Number of hits (OA articles) = 429,844
avg per OA article = 11.8
download/hit ratio = 72%

A list of 235 articles with 100 or more downloads is included.

The Art Of Scanning, Paul Royster

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Yes, it is presumptuous to call scanning an “art,” when it is really more of a craft, but “The Craft of Scanning” doesn’t sound as sexy, so we will consider it for the time being as one of the fine arts, like music, or painting, or dance. This short treatise derives from work done in the process of scanning published and original materials to create PDF files for online publication or deposit in our institutional repository. This approach assumes you have a scanner and software to drive it, and also three software programs from Adobe (sold together as their Creative …

2009-2010 Annual Report: Office Of Scholarly Communications, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

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The Office of Scholarly Communications (OSC) had a very busy and productive year. Important developments included expansion of the UNL DigitalCommons repository by over 7,000 items, a major increase in downloads furnished from the repository, passage of a UNL Faculty Senate resolution endorsing use of the repository, creation of an e-book imprint, registration as a publisher with Portico for permanent storage of journal content, recognition in a feature article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, multiple campus, national, and international presentations by Paul Royster and Sue Ann Gardner, ranking of 17th among institutional and 33rd among world repositories by the …

Most Popular Downloads For July 2010

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The Top 142 articles (those with 100 or more downloads) were accessed 26,049 times. The next 27,221 articles were downloaded at least once and 189,840 times in all, for a total month’s downloads in July 2010 of 215,889. The remaining 4,744 articles (14%) were not downloaded during the month.

The ten most popular articles were:
Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions
G89-947 Buying Meat by the Serving
Test 1012: John Deere 4020 Power Shift
Test 1001: Ford 4000, 4600 and 4610 8-Speed Gasoline (Also Ford 4000 Gasoline Row Crop and Super Utility)
Alleviating …

Office Of Scholarly Communications Annual Report Fy 2009, Paul Royster

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FY 2009 was the 4th year of operations for the UNL Digital Commons, which again established new records for recruitment, participation, and usage.

During the year, the repository grew from being the 4th largest in the United States to the 2nd largest, overtaking MIT’s DSpace and Ohio State’s KnowledgeBank repositories. Nebraska now trails only Michigan’s Deep Blue in number of documents in a traditionally configured institutional repository.

8,393 new open access articles were deposited, an increase of 1,275 (18%) over the previous year. At June 30, 2009, the repository held 23,885 open-access documents, plus 10,965 ETDs in the ProQuest database, …

Most Popular Downloads For April 2009, Unl Digital Commons

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April 2009 — UNL Digital Commons Downloads

Total, 16,935 documents downloaded one or more times 131,785
Total, 5,071 documents not downloaded in April 0

Total for 22,006 OA documents 131,785

Percent of available OA documents downloaded = 77.0%
Average downloads per available document = 6.0

Total page hits, month 190,710
Conversion percentage, hits to downloads 72%

Ten Most-Downloaded Works, April 2009

Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000) 522
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/13

Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions 510
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nwrcrepellants/34

Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Physical Abuse 479
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/99

Christian …

Most Popular Downloads For March 2009, Unl Digital Commons

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The month saw a record number of downloads — 125,221 — exceeding by 1,883 the old record set in June 2008. 76% of available files were downloaded at least once; and the average number of downloads (for 21,213 open-access files) was 5.90.

With 32,103 total files as of March 31, 2009 (including 10,890 restricted access dissertations), the UNL Digital Commons ranked as the 3rd largest university repository in the United States (trailing only the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue and Ohio State University’s Knowledge Bank).

Distribution of usage was spread quite broadly across the available files, with more than 50% …

Most Popular Downloads For February 2009, Unl Digital Commons

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February saw 120,812 downloads, an 18% increase over the previous month.
There were 158,062 “hits” to article cover pages, and 79% of these resulted in a download.
74% of available open-access articles were downloaded at least once during the month.
The average number of downloads per available OA article was 5.66.

The top 25 most popular downloads were :

Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000) 521
Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions 493
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition. 443
Christian Binek: …

Most Popular Downloads For January 2009, Unl Digital Commons

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January saw 102,754 downloads, from 20,092 available open-access articles.
74% of available articles were downloaded at least once. The average for all articles was 5.11 downloads.

Articles with 150 or more downloads were:

Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nwrcrepellants/34 676
Christian Binek: List of Publications http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/physicsbinek/1 526
Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/13 463
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/25 419
Role of Esterase gp70 and Its Influence on Growth and Development of Dictyostelium discoideum http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscimicro/77 382
EFFECTS OF …

Most Downloaded Documents For December 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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Top 206 articles = 15,618 downloads
Other downloaded articles (14,462) = 81,236 downloads
Articles not downloaded this month (4,787)
Month total (19,455 open-access articles) = 96,854
Percent of open-access articles downloaded = 75.4%
Average downloads/article = 4.98

36 articles downloaded 90 or more times were:

Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions|http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nwrcrepellants/34|688
Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990-2005|http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/birdstrikeother/7|545
Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000)|http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/13|454
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition.|http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/25|373
Role of Esterase gp70 and Its Influence on Growth …

Most Downloaded Documents For October 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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In October 2008, the repository furnished 121,393 downloads; 78.3% of available files were downloaded at least once. The average for all 19,107 documents was 6.35 downloads. The archived spreadsheet shows the top 200 documents, downloaded at least 50 or more times during the month.

Top 25 Downloads for October 2008 (and their authors)
Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions — Stephen A. Schumake
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work — Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, & Scott Lyell Gardner
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition. — …

Most Downloaded Documents For September 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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The following pages show 2 reports:

1. The 225 documents downloaded 40 or more times during the month of September 2008, by descending order of downloads; with totals for the entire repository.

2. The 105 series with 250+ total downloads during the month of September 2008, by descending order of total downloads.

Some highlights:

• Total downloads rose by 11,672 (13%) over the total for August, to 104,975.
• 14,242 of 18,443 (77%) of available open-access documents were downloaded at least once during the month. The average number of downloads per document was 5.69.
• Downloads were furnished to more …

Most Downloaded Documents For August 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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Most-Downloaded Documents: August 1 -- August 31, 2008 from DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln The Top 25:

1. The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition.
2. Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000)
3. A Description of New England (1616): An Online Electronic Text Edition
4. Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work
5. Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions
6. EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT: A CURRENT AWARENESS BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. Justice According to Law
8. PIGEON ASSOCIATED PEOPLE DISEASES
9. La …

Most Downloaded Documents For June 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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Shows the 199 most-downloaded documents for the month of June 2008 from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu
For the month, 123,338 downloads of open-access documents were furnished (a new high).
81% of available documents were downloaded at least once.
The average number of downloads per available document was 8.0.

The top 15 were: VOLE CONTROL IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES - 1,231
Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000)- 736
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition - 460
EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT: A CURRENT AWARENESS BIBLIOGRAPHY - 417
A REMARKABLE NEW …

Scholarly Communications, Annual Report, Fiscal/Academic Year 2007–2008, Paul Royster

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The academic year 2007-2008 represented the third year of operation for the UNL Digital Commons, which continues to be an extremely effective vehicle for disseminating the scholarly output of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and affiliated organizations, as well as valuable means of enhancing the Library’s status as a provider of electronic services to the UNL community. Following are some highlights:

Most Downloaded Documents For May 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

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The following spreadsheet printout shows the titles (and links) of the 354 documents that were downloaded 40 or more times during May 2008, and a summary of all downloads for the month.

During May, 77% of all open-access documents were downloaded at least once.
The average number of downloads per available document was 7.73.
Total downloads increased by 15% over April.

Three milestones were reached during May:
• The number of open-access articles available exceeded 14,000
• For the first time, more than 100,000 downloads were furnished during the month.
• On or about May 28, 2008, the 1 millionth …

Most Popular Downloads For April 2008, Paul Royster

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The month recently ended saw new record levels of usage, both for new documents added and for number of downloads furnished.

In April, 1,048 new open-access documents were added to the UNL Digital Commons, including significant collections of articles from Insecta Mundi, a scholarly journal of insect systematics, Proceedings of the Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia 1978–1982, Cornhusker Economics, Bird Strike Committee Annual Meeting Proceedings, Nebraska Beef Reports, and Nebraska Swine Reports; Paul Johnsgard’s book Diving Birds of North America, plus fairly large numbers of articles from some emeriti, including animal geneticist Dale Van Vleck, radiation physicist Robert Katz, …

Most Popular Downloads For March 2008, Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster

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The month of March 2008 saw a record number of downloads from (73,204) and uploads to (814) the Digital Commons. Of 12,663 available open-access articles, 9,138 were downloaded at least once (72.2%). Overall, articles averaged 5.78 downloads for the month.

The 15 Most-Downloaded, March 2008:

The Probe, Issue 213 – November/December 2000 (3,523 downloads) — Monthly newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association. This issue is so amazingly popular because it contains a product review of the “Collarum,” a non-lethal device for capturing coyotes and stray or feral dogs. All those Internet users that you didn’t know were dogs …

Most Popular Downloads For February 2008, Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster

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This month’s most popular article, “RODENTS AS A FOOD SOURCE,” (from the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1990) was referenced by food blogger Jesse Sharrad at http://corduroyorange.com/?p=273 and experienced 50 to 100 hits daily for several weeks afterwards. Interesting article, but lately I’ve been eyeing the campus squirrels and thinking “Brunswick stew”.

Other newcomers to the top of the list include Roscoe Pound’s classic essay “Justice according to Law” (from The Mid-West Quarterly 1914), which has a link from the Wikipedia article on Pound.

Theodore Parker’s “Strauss’s Life of Jesus,” an 1840 review from the Christian Examiner of …

Most Popular Downloads For January 2008, Unl Digital Commons

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This report shows the 145 most-often-downloaded documents from the UNL Digital Commons for January 2008; which is all those downloaded 40 times or more. In all, 7,878 documents (out of 10,964) were downloaded a total of 60,480 times; an average of 5.52 downloads per available document. For the month, 72% (7,878 of 10,964) documents were downloaded at least once.

Documents downloaded more than 100 times were:
1. The Probe, Issue 213 – November/December 2000
2. Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work
3. The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition.
4. A Description of New England (1616): …

Most Popular Downloads For December 2007, Unl Digital Commons

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The 100 most-often-downloaded documents from December 2007. Plus totals for downloads and documents.

The Top 25:
1 The Probe, Issue 213 – November/December 2000; 2 The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition; 3 Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000); 4 Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Physical Abuse; 5 Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Organisational Commitment of Library Personnel in Academic and Research Libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria; 6 A Description of New England (1616): An Online Electronic Text Edition; 7 EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT: A CURRENT AWARENESS BIBLIOGRAPHY; …

Copyright: The Crash Course, Paul Royster

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This is a simplified basic statement of the fundamental rules governing copyright. It is not legal advice.

It is posted for the use of instructors, students, and other members of the academic community.

The file is a pdf version of a PowerPoint presentation given to the UNL Information Services staff in December 2007. The ".ppt" file is also archived as a "related" file.