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Abstract
This poster reports a project that examines the adoption of system functions of an open source digital repository, DSpace. It also identifies the factors which have influenced the functions' adoption. The data were collected from DSpace user registry from September 2013 to March 2014. A total of 545 repositories in the registry contained system function customizations, representing 533 unique institutions from 95 countries. The preliminary findings indicate that 10 of the 32 available system functions are adopted by over 10% of its members; the majority of repositories are from academia; academic repositories also offer most system functions; and the U.S. and India each comprises over 10% of DSpace repositories that have DSpace system function customizations. Additionally, repositories from India utilize most system functions. About two-thirds of institutions are using DSpace as their institutional repositories and the two major (over 50%) content types are conference publications and technical reports.
Recommended Citation
Chen, H., & Zhang, Y. (2014). System Function Adoption of an Open Source Digital Repository System: A Global View. Proceedings of the 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting (2014, Seattle, WA), 51(1) John Wiley & Sons Inc..
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.2014.14505101077
Meeting Name
77th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2014 ASIS&T (2014: Oct. 31-Nov. 5, Seattle, WA)
Department(s)
Library and Learning Resources
Keywords and Phrases
Data management; Digital repositories; Systems analysis
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0044-7870; 1550-8390
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 Hsin-liang Chen and Yin Zhang., All rights reserved.
