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Date of this Version
6-14-2018
Document Type
Article
Citation
P. Royster, "The Nebraska IR: How We Make It Work," ProQuest Team Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14, 2018.
Abstract
Digital Commons @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Established 2005; Contents 98,000 items; Downloads 50 million to date; Annual downloads 6.5 million (18,000/day); Rank in USA (size) #3 (UCal199,000; UMich120,000); Rank in USA (downloads) #1.
The university’s most-visited site:18% of all web traffic !
Contents & downloads by series/item types.
Rule #1, Make it easy; Rule # 2, Give immediate feedback.
How do I get my articles into the repository ?
Basic policy: The IR belongs to the faculty.
We are 100% voluntary. No mandated deposit policy (Harvard model). Usage reports are our best recruitment tool. We are 99.9% full-text.
SEO: Top traffic referrers: Google 72%, Google Scholar 8%, IR internal 7%, Bing 2%.
Downloads, by continent, 2017 (61% are international).
2017 Elsevier buys bepress.
Digital Commons assets: 1. Software 2. Service 3. Separation 4. Strength in numbers
PowerPoint slides
Included in
Collection Development and Management Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Comments
Copyright 2018 P. Royster. Re-use is permitted.