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First results of the MIRACLE survey Karen Markey and five co-authors, Nationwide Census of Institutional Repositories: Preliminary Findings, a presentation at JCDL 2006 (Chapel Hill, June 11-15, 2006). (Thanks to DigitalKoans.)
One table in the paper ranks the top and bottom three benefits of IRs. The top three were "Capturing the intellectual capital When institutions without IRs were asked why they didn't have one yet, the top two reasons given were "Other priorities, issues, activities, etc., are more pressing than an IR" and "We have no available resources to support planning". The bottom three reasons were "We do not understand or believe in the value or effectiveness of an IR", "We have no support from our library’s administration", and "We do not need an IR |