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Office Of Scholarly Communications Annual Report Fy 2009, Paul Royster Jul 2009

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 May 2009

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 Apr 2009

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 Mar 2009

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 Feb 2009

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 Jan 2009

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 …