________________________________________ From: brianrosenblum@gmail.com [mailto:brianrosenblum@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Brian Rosenblum Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:12 AM To: alaworld@ala.org Subject: [alaworld] Survey: Evaluation of Institutional Repository Development in Developing and Transition Countries This study is part of a cooperative program between eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd., and aims at creating an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries, at both the infrastructure and services level. This survey has been adapted from the DRIVER Inventory study into the present type and level of OAI-compliant digital repository activities in the EU by Maurits de Graaf and SURF, and from the European repository study by Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd. The results of this survey will be made available online via a wiki. All participants in this study will receive an invitation to look at and comment on the results of this inventory for their own country. This is the first time that such data will be collected about digital repository activity in developing and transition countries, and we hope this will serve as important resource for promoting open access and repository development in these regions. We look forward to your cooperation. We encourage all repository managers in developing and transition countries to participate. Please forward this message to other repository managers or colleagues who may be interested in participating. The survey will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. The link to the survey is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d (To help you prepare you can view a PDF preview of the survey questions here: http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2009_05_06_evaluat...) Thank you in advance! Iryna Kuchma eIFL Open Access program manager eIFL.net Brian Rosenblum Scholarly Digital Initiatives Librarian University of Kansas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.