Study design

In the diagram on this page the design of the inventory study is depicted. The study consisted of three phases:

• – In phase 1 the study was set up, addresses were collected, the questionnaire was developed and the initial inventory was carried out. This phase started in June 2006 and was rounded off in October 2006.

• – In phase 2 the preliminary results were reported and published on a wiki dedicated to this study. All contact persons were informed by email and invited to comment on the preliminary results. In addition, the web survey was reopened in order to elicit additional responses. Next, national correspondents were selected from the respondents and approached to give a perspective on the situation of the digital repositories in their country. Most of the national correspondents were interviewed by telephone, some sent in written reports or comments. The wiki was published in October 2006. The web survey was closed on 11 December 2006. The national correspondents were approached in December 2006 and January 2007.

• – In phase 3 the report was finalised. A draft final report was put on a wiki in February 2007 and an invitation by email was sent out to all participants and a national correspondent. The finalised report incorporates all additional information and comments of the national correspondents and other participants.

Phase 1

Phase 1 consisted of the following parts:

– Collection of addresses of digital repositories:

– 15 EU countries in OpenDOAR: OpenDOAR, a partner in the DRIVER project, provided a list with the digital repositories and their contact persons from 15 European Union countries in August 2006.