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- 1. Margaret Lewis Rosemont College Master’s in Management Thesis December 2012
- 2. As a result of higher costs, personnel reductions, improvements in software, and the general need for search and increased institutional visibility, osteopathic colleges are implementing subject and consortial repositories in an effort to enhance student enrollment. (Goal is to add to primary care and research through sharing information.) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 2
- 3. Current status of osteopathic colleges College libraries Definition and use of repositories Literature review Methodology Results Conclusions about repositories at colleges Improvements mentioned in surveys Management issues M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 3
- 4. Low graduation and placement rates Soaring tuition costs Shrinking endowments Student debt at medical schools Minority and female enrollment is down There are cost disincentives to practice primary care and family medicine due to student debt (Hazen, 2011, 196) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 4
- 5. 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 25% Graduates 100,000 10% Graduates 50,000 0 Medical School Graduates (Greysen, et.al, 2011, 840) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 5
- 6. 70% 60% 50% 40% Allopathy 30% Osteopathy 20% 10% 0% Year 2011 Year 2016 (Schenarts, et.al, 2011, 239) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 6
- 7. 300% 250% 200% 150% Serials CPI 100% 50% 0% Year 1 Year 18 M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 7
- 8. Repository 12 10 8 6 Repository 4 2 0 Net Economic Value Return on Investment (Beagrie, et.al, 2012, 50) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 8
- 9. The general public is flocking to the Internet in search of “education, inspiration, invention, and interaction” Institutions are not leading the way to building repositories Repositories are pushing against academics and imposing conditions to attract content Can’t help with navigating large amounts of data Must be combined with national (research) and subject repositories for better searching Only the largest universities have the requisite number of depositors (for example, MIT) IRs are dependent on the resources of the institution, and may be unstable Two international repository registries show little current deposit activity (Armbruster, 2010, 3) (Calise, 2008, 611) (Jones, et.al, 2006, 18) M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 9
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- 12. Internet searching with keywords Five different surveys through email to the colleges, and posted on LinkedIn, a form of social media M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 12
- 13. Searching on Google and college websites: ◦ Six colleges with subject repositories (18%) ◦ Five have consortial repositories (15%) ◦ Five have institutional repositories (15%) versus seven in surveys M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 13
- 14. 90% 80% 70% 60% Institutional 50% Archival 40% Discipline Subject 30% Consortial 20% 10% 0% Library directors Deans MLA members ALA members M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 14
- 15. 7 6 5 4 Added to research Added to studies 3 Found research Found faculty members 2 1 0 Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 15
- 16. 9 8 7 6 5 Added to research Added to studies 4 Found research 3 Found faculty members 2 1 0 Strongly agree Agree Neutal Disagree Strongly disagree M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 16
- 17. 25 20 15 Added to research Added to studies 10 Found research Found faculty members 5 0 Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 17
- 18. 80% 70% 60% 50% Strongly agree 40% Agree 30% Neutral 20% 10% 0% Library directors Deans Students MLA members ALA members M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 18
- 19. Half to 75% surveyed have IRs, a few have subject or consortial repositories Ease of searching was neutral, through the library, and not through Google Academics benefited; half of the respondents believed marketing benefited; enrollment benefits negligible Half of respondents are in planning stages, and half of the library directors planning an IR Half are contemplating changing or upgrading M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 19
- 20. 7 6 5 More research material More full-text material 4 More archival material Better searching 3 Greater advertisement More integration with studies 2 Unsure 1 0 Beginner Advanced beginner Intermediate Expert M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 20
- 21. 3.5 3 2.5 More research material More full-text material 2 More archival material Better searching 1.5 Greater advertisement More integration with studies 1 Unsure 0.5 0 Beginner Advanced beginner Intermediate Expert M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 21
- 22. 18 16 14 12 More research material More full-text material 10 More archival material 8 Better searching Greater advertisement 6 More integration with studies Unsure 4 2 0 Beginner Advanced beginner Intermediate Expert M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 22
- 23. Repositories are on global scale, with medical research and breakthroughs in every country Born digital files (never been printed): using and preserving them is an issue Technology growing and changing Technical infrastructure insufficient Legal issues-copyright Traditional academic environment where no one wants to use the repository Government involvement, especially with genomes, and alliances necessary. Science based on evidence now. Risk management and board development, especially diversity, critical Required growth through innovation, improvements, and differentiation M. Lewis, Consortial and Subject Repositories and Students 23
- 24. Any questions?