Survey for repository administrators
An online survey was created and members of the OpenDOAR repository administrators listserv were emailed for data collection. The survey gathered information about depositing behaviour and types of content within their repository.
Case studies
A smaller selection of institutional repositories allowed for a more in
depth qualitative approach. Seven case studies were selected from the
survey respondents.
Each case study included an in depth interview with
the repository manager to dig
deeper
into
the main issues
identified
from the survey data.
This was followed by a link analysis of the case repository looking into
what types of web sources were linking to IRs.