1. Institutional Repositories & the Need for “Value-Added” Services Susan Gibbons Associate Dean River Campus Libraries University of Rochester April 4, 2006CNI Spring Task Force Meeting

2. University of Rochester One of the smallest research institutions- FTE of 7800 Three campuses Medical Eastman School of Music River Campus Provost-driven IR

3. 2200 items 26 communities 800+ downloads/day Over 260K downloads Since Jan 2005 Pre-/post-prints, audio, video, images, theses, e-journals, music scores, technical reports, white papers- 90% library submitted

4. Understanding Faculty IMLS 2003/04 National Leadership Grant Study faculty’s work practices Research process Digital tools Disciplinary differences Ethnographic methodologies Discipline = tribe

8. Faculty Problem Areas: Authoring Working with co-authors Multiple computers/locals Versioning Back-ups Control access

9. Potential Solutions: Merging of IR with document management system Check-in/Check-out More flexible authentication One-click to publish Optimal system likely to be discipline- based

10. Potential Solutions: How graduate students research and write dissertation Where library does and can fit into process Build an IR authoring device to support this IMLS Grant application

11. Faculty Problem Area: Research Not enough time Can’t keep up Want to be read, used and cited Take ownership of self-presentation

12. Potential Solutions: Zero learning curve “mapping” to desktop Use familiar metaphors Personal OAI-Metadata harvesters Researcher Page Combine open access with published

14. Total downloads since Jan 22, 2005

17. Additional Feedback Download analysis Geography Domain Pushed to author Citation use analysis ISI Web Citation Index

18. Some services you just can’t predict!

21. Questions?