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International Digital Repository Benchmarks
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Book Synopsis International Digital Repository Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book International Digital Repository Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 135-page international study of the digital repositories of universities and other research oriented organizations presents data from 35 digital repositories from the USA, Canada, Europe and Latin America. The report presents detailed information on downloads, source of downloads, repository website activity, publishing activities, repository marketing, budgets and funding, staffing, fees and revenues, outreach to faculty, content holdings, and many other facets of institutional digital repository management and development. The report provides trend data on the inclusion of various types of intellectual property including journal articles, books, classroom video and lectures and other materials. The study pinpoints how repositories are being used and by whom, defining for repository policy planners growth areas in the type of intellectual property being downloaded by repository end users.
Book Synopsis Institutional Digital Repository Benchmarks, 2013 Edition by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Institutional Digital Repository Benchmarks, 2013 Edition written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 117-page study presents data from 33 institutions, mostly universities and other colleges, about their institutional digital repositories. The report presents hard data on the holdings of the repositories, and the growth in their stock of journal articles, books, dissertations, images, video and other forms of intellectual property. The study also gives detailed info on budgets and operating costs, including the cost of professional labor, as well as details on what is downloaded from the sites and by whom. These details include data on downloads from within or outside the institution, and by nation of origin of the downloader, among other variables. In addition, the study looks at issues such as marketing the repository, assuring cooperation from faculty, sources of funding, impact on the parent institution’s reputation, growth rates of content and downloading, trends in cataloging and other issues.
Book Synopsis Law Library Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Law Library Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Data in the report is based on a survey of 55 North American law libraries drawn from law firm, private company, university, courthouse and government agency law libraries. Data is broken out by size and type of library for ease in benchmarking. The 120+ page report covers developments in staffing, salaries, budgets, materials spending, use of blogs & wikis, use of legal directories, the library role in knowledge management, records management and content management systems. Patron and librarian training, reimbursement for library-related education and other issues are also covered in this latest edition.
Book Synopsis Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition by :
Download or read book Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition presents extensive data from 52 corporate and other business-oriented libraries; data is broken out by company size, type of industry and other criteria. The mean number of employees for the organizations in the sample is 16,000; the median, 1700. Some of the many issues covered in the report are: spending on electronic and print forms of books, directories, journals and other information resources; library staffing trends, number of library locations maintained and the allocation of office space to the library, disputes with publishers, allocation of library staff time, level of awareness of database contract terms of peer institutions, reference workload, and the overall level of influence of the library in corporate decision making.
Book Synopsis The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents data from 56 institutional digital repositories from eleven countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, South Africa, India, Turkey and other countries. The 121-page study presents more than 200 tables of data and commentary and is based on data from higher education libraries and other institutions involved in institutional digital repository development. In more than 300 tables and associated commentary the report describes norms and benchmarks for budgets, software use, manpower needs and deployment, financing, usage, marketing and other facets of the managment of international digital repositories. The report helps to answer questions such as: who contributes to the repositories and on what terms? Who uses the repositories? What do they contain and how fast are they growing, in terms of content and end use? What measures have repositories used to gain faculty and other researcher participation? How successful have these methods been? How has the repository been marketed and cataloged? What has been the financial impact? Data is broken out by size and type of institution for easier benchmarking.
Book Synopsis Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Research Library International Benchmarks by :
Download or read book Research Library International Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of main findings -- List of tables -- Participants -- 1. Intro -- 2. Staff -- 3. Capital budget -- 4. Materials spending -- 5. Grants -- 6. Collection digitization -- 7. Personnel changes -- 8. Technology investment -- 9. Intra-library employee communications -- 10. Relations with consortiums -- 11. Workstations and information literacy -- 12. Relations with college or institutional subsidiaries in foreign countries -- 13. Open access and digital repositories -- 14. Books and journals.
Book Synopsis College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks by :
Download or read book College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks presents the results of an information literacy higher education benchmarking study. More than 110 colleges from the United States and Canada participated in the study; data is broken out by size and type of college, for public and private colleges, for US and Canadian colleges, and even by number of in-class instructional sessions given. Uniquely, this report also breaks out data separately at institutions at which librarians have faculty status, an at which they do not.
Book Synopsis Academic Library Building Renovation Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Academic Library Building Renovation Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report presents detailed data from 65 academic libraries about their completed, current, or planned library renovation projects. The study includes detailed data on capital spending, library redesign budgets, and spending on computer labs & infocommons, in-library classrooms, artwork, library furniture, carpeting and other flooring, and other elements of academic library renovations or new construction. Details construction preferences for architectural features such as atriums, landscaping, better access to restrooms and building entrances/exits, installation or expansion of library cafes, development of group work areas, better use of natural light, better soundproofing and other design features often sought in new academic library construction or renovation. Also explores the use of various renovation and building features designed to save energy. Other areas covered include student satisfaction with the library redesign, its impact on the use of library services, and governance issues over what campus groups guide and control the redesign. Data is broken out by size and type of library, and by libraries that have experienced recent renovation projects vs those that have not.
Book Synopsis Academic Library Website Benchmarks by :
Download or read book Academic Library Website Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Library Website Benchmarks is based on data from more than 80 academic libraries in the USA and Canada. The 125+ page study presents detailed data on the composition of the academic library web staff, relations with the college and library information technology departments, use of consultants and freelancers, budgets, future plans, website marketing methods, website revision plans, usage statistics, use of software, development of federated search and online forms and much more. Data is broken out by enrollment size, public and private status, Carnegie Class, as well as for libraries with or without their own web staff.
Book Synopsis International Survey of Library & Museum Digitization Projects by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book International Survey of Library & Museum Digitization Projects written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Survey of Library & Museum Digitization Projects presents detailed data about the management and development of a broad range of library special collection and museum digitization projects. Data is broken out by type of digitization project (ie text, photograph, film, audio, etc) size and type of institution, annual spending on digitization and other variables. The report presents data and narrative on staffing, training, funding, technology selection, outsourcing, permissions and copyright clearance, cataloging, digital asset management, software and applications selection, marketing and many other issues of interest to libraries and museums that are digitizing aspects of their collections.
Book Synopsis Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Management Benchmarks by :
Download or read book Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Management Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Survey of College Purchasing Managers by :
Download or read book Survey of College Purchasing Managers written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Academic Library Statistics by : Association of Research Libraries
Download or read book Academic Library Statistics written by Association of Research Libraries and published by Association of Research Libr. This book was released on 1969 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library Use of E-books by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Library Use of E-books written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data in the report is based on a survey of 75 academic, public and special libraries. Librarians detail their plans on how they plan to develop their e-book collections, what they think of e-book readers and software, and which e-book aggregators and publishers appeal to them most and why. Other issues covered include: library production of e-books and collection digitization, e-book collection information literacy efforts, use of e-books in course reserves and inter-library loan, e-book pricing and inflation issues, acquisition sources and strategies for e-books and other issues of concern to libraries and book publishers.
Book Synopsis Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs by :
Download or read book Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs presents benchmarking data from more than 100 college libraries concerning their programs for serving their distance learning students. This 145 page report gives extensive data, broken out by size and type of college, for public and private colleges, and for U.S. and Non-U.S. libraries. Among the more than 500 tables of data presented is information about: use of real time chat and virtual reference services for distance learners; percentage of libraries that offer special classes for distance learners; future plans to offer information literacy courses to distance learners; policies on providing web pages, blogs or listservs that specifically serve the needs of distance learners; number of interactive online tutorials provided to distance learners; state of relations between the library and distance learning instructors; percentage of libraries with equivalent of library orientation program for distance learners; the role that libraries play in distance learning orientation; percentage of libraries that maintain agreements with other colleges to offer library services to their students; percentage of libraries with an official liaison to the distance learning program; percentage of libraries with a full time position devoted to distance learning; staff size for library distance learning staffs; policies on line item in the library budget for distance learning; evaluation of distance learners use of the library; evaluation of distance learners information literacy skills; distance learner attitudes towards the library; assessment of the reference needs of distance learners; electronic reserve policies for distance learners; spending on shipping costs to serve distance learners; library's primary means of shipping books and other materials to distance learners; library staff responsible for serving distance learners; provision of remote assistance by the library in how to use the courseware management system; level of access to library databases provided to distance learners; copyright issues; annual salary of librarians devoted to distance learning.
Book Synopsis Trends in Rare Book & Documents Special Collections Management by : Caroline Rinaldy
Download or read book Trends in Rare Book & Documents Special Collections Management written by Caroline Rinaldy and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special report examines the management practices and business decisions of special collections libraries with a focus on rare books, manuscripts, maps, and other historical documents. The report profiles the John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections at Boston College, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University-Provo, the Huntington Library, the Newberry Library, the San Antonio Public Library, the Watkinson Library at Trinity College, the Special Collections Research Center at the University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale, and the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley. Interviews were conducted in November and December of 2007. Additional information through an online form was provided by San Jose State University Kent State University Map Library AGS Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and California State University-Chico.
