Library Technical Services: Key Ingredients in the Recipe for a Successful Institutional Repository

Rodgers, James; Sugarman, Tammy S.

doi:10.1080/0361526x.2013.800632

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“…Research specifically related to repository metadata has been limited (Barton, Currier & Hey, 2003;Park & Tosaka, 2010). Much of the literature on repositories and metadata address starting a repository (e.g., Wang, 2011;Rodgers & Sugarman, 2013) and how a certain domain uses metadata that could benefit repositories (e.g., White, 2013White, & 2014. Park has been a key researcher in the area of repository metadata, studying both quality and creation (Park 2009, Park & Tosaka 2010.…”

Section: Repositories and Metadatamentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationships between metadata application and downloads in an institutional repository of an American law school

White¹,

Chen²,

Liu³

2018

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Background. The Duke Law Scholarship Repository is a successful digital repository of an American law school, with over 1 million downloads per year. A series of studies were conducted to understand the relationship between metadata work and downloads. Objective. The paper reports an analysis of the relationships between certain metadata elements and repository downloads. Methods. Quantitative statistical methods, specifically correlation, t-test and multiple regression analysis, were used. Results. Statistically significant relationships were found between download frequency and factors relating to abstract, co-authors, page count and discipline. Negative statistically significant relationships were found between download frequency and free text keywords, as well as controlled vocabulary subject terms. Contributions. This study is an example of how in-use repository system administrators can demonstrate the impact of metadata work for institutional scholarly outreach. Also, this study adds another dimension to the keyword and searching/download literature that has been building since the 1970s.

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