[GOAL] 10 million download milestone for QUT's institutional repository

[Paula Callan]

Dear GOAL members

Another good news open access story.

Recently, the institutional repository at Queensland University of Technology (QUT ePrints<http://eprints.qut.edu.au/>) reached a major milestone when a full-text journal article became the 10 millionth download<http://eprints.qut.edu.au/statistics/>.  Nearly ten years ago (in September 2003), QUT implemented the World's first institution-wide open access mandate<http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/F/F_01_03.jsp> .  Since then, the proportion of the University's annual research output deposited as full-text has risen to over 75%  (for 2012 publications).

Today, there are 25,681 full-text publications in the repository and 22,315 of them (86%) are open access.   The average number of documents downloaded each month is over 200,000.  Over 97% of the downloads are from an external IP address.  Many of the embargoed full-texts can be accessed via a 'Request Copy' feature (see:  http://eprints.qut.edu.au/55328/<http://eprints.qut.edu.au/54602/>).

QUT ePrints was the top ranked Institutional Repository in Australia and 14th in the world in the latest biannual Ranking Web of Repositories<http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/top_Inst>.


Conference reminder:


Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will be hosting the Open Access and Research Conference 2013, in Brisbane (Australia),  from 31 October to 1 November.

Open Access and Research Conference 2013<http://www.oar2013.qut.edu.au/>

31 October - 1 November 2013
The adoption of national and institutional open access mandates in recent years is evidence of the global transition towards more broad-reaching, efficient and inclusive systems of scholarly communication. This event is an opportunity to take stock of these developments and to discuss the strategic advantages they bring to the research sector moving forward.
The conference theme Discovery, Impact and Innovation examines the transition to Open Access and looks ahead, to how these emerging systems of scholarly communication can maximise research impact and help realise the full benefits of public research worldwide.

The program includes speakers from the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as a number of thematic sessions focusing on issues such as advocacy, alternative metrics, open data and open access publishing.

To find out more (or to register), go to www.oar2013.qut.edu.au<http://www.oar2013.qut.edu.au>



Regards

Paula Callan

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Paula Callan
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Queensland University of Technology,  Brisbane,  Australia
CRICOS No. 00213J
Email: p.callan at qut.edu.au     Ph: (07) 3138 8336
Location: V704 Library (Gardens Point Campus)
http://eprints.qut.edu.au

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