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Dear all,
* Apologies for cross-posting *
We are glad to announce that has been implemented a new Statistics module
in E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science. The purpose of the
statistics is to promote E-LIS repository and authors self-archiving as
well, by demonstrating the�accessibility and usage of deposited documents
by access and downloads .
Usage statistics (abstracts, downloads) are now available by the
following elements:
^� Most viewed eprints in the last four weeks��
^� Most viewed eprints in this year
^� Most viewed eprints in the last year
^� Most viewed eprints in all years
^� Repository-wide statistics by year/month��
^� Repository-wide statistics by country��
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You can see the implementation of the Statistics at
http://eprints.rclis.org/. The use of statistics is basic for the
development of Open Acess Model and for the achievement of our first
objective: to promote self-archiving among researchers.
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Some examples of statistics results are the following:
^� Prosser, David C. ( 2003) Scholarly communication in the 21st century
: the impact of new technologies and models. Serials : the journal for
the serials community 16(2):pp.�163-167 .
^� Suber, Peter (2006) Open Access in the United States, in Jacobs, Neil,
Eds. Open Access : Key strategic, technical and economic aspects. Chandos
Publishing .
^� Estivill Rius, Assumpci� and Abadal Falgueras, Ernest and Franganillo,
Jorge and Gasc�n Garc�a, Jes�s and Rodr�guez i Gair�n, Josep Manuel
(2005) Uso de metadatos Dublin Core en la descripci�n y recuperaci�n de
art�culos de revista digitales = Use of Dublin Core metadata for
describing and retrieving digital journals . In Proceedings DC-2005
International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Madrid
(Spain).
^� Parmar, Arvind Singh and Kumar, Sanghmitra A. and Prakash, Thushara
(2004) Bibliometric analysis of information seeking behaviour related
literature
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We encourage other repositories to implement statistics for each archived
document. E-LIS uses EPrints Software module, but also DSpace has
developed an Add-On for Statistics.
Some comments to the use of the statistics in E-LIS are the following:
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"All authors crave impact - we hope that what we write will affect
readers and will make a difference.��However, often it is difficult to
tell if our work has even been read.��Now we have a clue.��The newly
implemented download statistics in E-LIS tell me fascinating stories
about the usage of my work - papers that I thought 'old news' are still
being downloaded, the geographical distribution of readers is greater
than I would have guessed.��This is a wonderful tool for both authors and
readers and shows, once again, the power of self-archiving.��Now all I
need to know is what the readers thought of my work!"
David Prosser
SPARC Europe
"Having statistics for each article posted in E-LIS can be a��valuable
tool for the study of the development of the intellectual��production in
librarianship and information science.��This and the��use of bibliometric
techniques would help us assess library��development around the world^�"
Julio Santillan Aldana
Responsible of the open access journal Biblios
E-LIS Editor for Peru
"The Eprint Statistics feature is an impressive new addition to
E-LIS.��It presents clear and immediate data on use of documents in the
repository, something every author wants to see.��I've found myself
checking the statistics on my documents regularly and have also
discovered that it's a very effective recruitment feature for E-LIS;
colleagues who have never deposited in E-LIS have done so very
soon��after seeing the Eprints Statistics function in action".
Andrew Waller
Author and E-LIS Editor for Canada
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For any information about the implementation do not hesitate to contact
us.
Best Regards,
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E-LIS Team
Received on Fri Oct 27 2006 - 11:17:26 BST