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Stimulating the Population of Repositories: A Research Project


Who can we learn from in Europe in our quest for populating repositories? How can we implement the lessons learned? Stimulating the population of repositories is a research project which was conducted in late 2006 and 2007 to answer these questions.
This page lists the academic output resulting from this research.
All material is open access, including the book chapter.

  1. Background to the research method used for the Stimulating the Population of Repositories research project. V. Proudman. Download

  2. Proudman, V. (2008) The population of repositories. In Eds. K. Weenink, L. Waaijers and K. van Godtsenhoven, A DRIVER's Guide to European Repositories. (pp. 49-101) Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
    For full text open access to this book and chapter, click here.

  3. Seventeen guidelines for stimulating the population of repositories. V. Proudman. Download

  4. 6 individual case study write-ups

    1. Minho University Institutional Repository.
      A university repository where a mandate to deposit, financial incentives and strong advocacy can transform an IR’s population. V. Proudman. Download
    2. Southampton’s University of Research Repository and School of Electronics and Computer Science EPrints Repository
      A School IR and a campus-wide IR collaborate. One ultimate mission, but different methods and challenges. V. Proudman. Download
    3. CERN Document Server
      Critical mass gained! Depositing and reclaiming particle physics content. V. Proudman. Download
    4. HAL - Hyper Article on Line
      An inter-institutional multidisciplinary repository in the making where researchers are central, and where organisations are now key. V. Proudman. Download
    5. Cream of Science
      Winning the hearts and minds of the research community by showcasing leading Dutch researchers and their research. V. Proudman. Download
    6. Connecting Africa
      A portal for Africanists: publications and experts unite – increasing global visibility of Africanist research. V. Proudman. Download

  5. List of Critical Success Factors for populating repositories and services identified by six European good practices. V. Proudman. Download

  6. List of inhibiting factors for populating repositories and services identified by six European good practices. V. Proudman. Download

  7. Overview of services provided by 6 good practices populating repositories and services in Europe (table). V. Proudman. Download


To contact the author of the above studies, please mail v.m.proudman@uvt.nl