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DRIVER, the EC-funded project leading the way as the
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initiative of its kind in helping to enhance repository=20
development worldwide, has published a number of
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studies.
More specifically, three strategic and coordinated studies
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been conducted on digital repositories and related services
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the SURFfoundation - the Dutch partner in the DRIVER
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They are aimed at repository managers, content
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research institutions and decision makers - all key
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who are taking an active part in the creation of the
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repository infrastructure for e-research and e-learning.
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studies were published on the 16th of January 2008 together
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Amsterdam University Press.
Briefly, SURFfoundation and DRIVER produced the three
studies comparing of:
1) The 'European Repository Landscape' - a study on
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aspects of the European repository infrastructure. The
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presents a complete inventory of the state of digital=20
repositories in the 27 countries of the European Union
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provides a basis to contemplate the next steps in driving
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an interoperable infrastructure at a European level.
2) 'A DRIVER's Guide to Repositories', edited by Kasja
Weenink,=20
Leo Waaijers and Karen van Godtsenhoven - it focuses on
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issues which are essential to the establishment, development
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sustainability of a digital repository.
3) The 'Investigative Study of Standards for Digital
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and Related Services' by Muriel Foulonneau and Francis
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(CNRS-ISTI) - it reviews the current standards, protocols
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applications in the domain of digital repositories.
In addition, the University of Gent, Belgium, carried out
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Usability Study in search for feedback from the research=20
community. Respondents from universities in Belgium, France
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the UK participated in a period of testing the DRIVER
portal.
The studies are available on line on the DRIVER support
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at http://w
ww.driver-support.eu/en/studies.html
For more information on DRIVER please visit the DRIVER site
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www.driver-community.eu
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