Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories

A video featuring Ricky Erway describing the report is available on YouTube.

Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories offers a quick environmental scan of the repository landscape and then focuses on disciplinary repositories—those subject-based, often researcher-initiated loci for research information. Seven of these repositories are profiled, with a focus on their varied business models. The report concludes with a discussion of sustainability, including funding models, factors that contribute to a repository's success, and ways to bring in additional revenue. It is intended to help librarians support researchers in accessing and disseminating research information. http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-03r.htm