[BOAI] Re: Beginners query-Institutional Repositories vs traditional publishing repositories

[Thomas Krichel]

  pinks s writes

> I have a project comparing the  characteristics (bibliometrics) of
> institutional repositories/open access repositories with that of
> repositories of traditional publishing that is Libraries(As per my
> understanding)Kindly correct me If I am wrong.

  You are wrong because in digital publishing via established publishing
  companies (which may be repositories), libraries, in general, no longer
  store documents locally. They simply pay for access to as system where
  the publisher keeps documents.

>    - Could someone please help me with the metrics and the possible methods/
>    ways to conduct any comparison.

  Therefore the comparison makes no sense.


  Cheers,

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