Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents?

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents?


Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 106 32.1% 37.7% 37.7%
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 106 32.1% 37.7% 75.4%
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 69 20.9% 24.6% 100.0%
Total 281 85.2% 100.0%
Missing Not applicable 40 12.1%

No answer 9 2.7%

Total 49 14.8%

Total 330 100.0%


Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Region

Central Europe w/o Germany Scandinavian countries New EU member states Mediterranean countries Germany UK and Ireland Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 43.1% 32.1% 23.5% 24.0% 69.6% 38.7% 37.7%
25 9 16 12 32 12 106
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 31.0% 60.7% 42.6% 38.0% 15.2% 51.6% 37.7%
18 17 29 19 7 16 106
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 25.9% 7.1% 33.8% 38.0% 15.2% 9.7% 24.6%
15 2 23 19 7 3 69
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=58 N=28 N=68 N=50 N=46 N=31 N=281

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 45.973(a) 10 .000
N of Valid Cases 281

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 6.88.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Type of library

GRL NL UL Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 18.6% 43.3% 40.9% 37.7%
8 13 85 106
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 32.6% 40.0% 38.5% 37.7%
14 12 80 106
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 48.8% 16.7% 20.7% 24.6%
21 5 43 69
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=43 N=30 N=208 N=281

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 17.699(a) 4 .001
N of Valid Cases 281

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 7.37.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Number of bound volumes

Less than 350000 350000 to 700000 700001 to 1800000 More than 1800000 Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 17.8% 31.7% 43.9% 56.6% 37.8%
13 20 29 43 105
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 47.9% 27.0% 43.9% 31.6% 37.8%
35 17 29 24 105
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 34.2% 41.3% 12.1% 11.8% 24.5%
25 26 8 9 68
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=73 N=63 N=66 N=76 N=278

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 40.659(a) 6 .000
N of Valid Cases 278

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 15.41.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Foundation of library

Before 1960 1960 to present Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 39.7% 33.3% 37.6%
73 29 102
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 33.2% 47.1% 37.6%
61 41 102
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 27.2% 19.5% 24.7%
50 17 67
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=184 N=87 N=271

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 5.088(a) 2 .079
N of Valid Cases 271

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 21.51.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Position of respondent

Head of library/ Chief librarian Head of department Project manager Employee Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 32.9% 41.7% 48.0% 52.0% 38.3%
51 30 12 13 106
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 43.2% 33.3% 36.0% 20.0% 37.9%
67 24 9 5 105
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 23.9% 25.0% 16.0% 28.0% 23.8%
37 18 4 7 66
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=72 N=25 N=25 N=277

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 7.794(a) 6 .254
N of Valid Cases 277

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 5.96.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Background of respondent

Librarian Technician / IT Manager Scientist Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 33.3% 51.7% 41.9% 47.6% 38.3%
55 15 26 10 106
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 41.2% 31.0% 33.9% 33.3% 37.9%
68 9 21 7 105
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 25.5% 17.2% 24.2% 19.0% 23.8%
42 5 15 4 66
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=165 N=29 N=62 N=21 N=277

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 5.255(a) 6 .512
N of Valid Cases 277

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 5.00.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Age of respondent

Under 31 31-40 years 41-50 years 51-60 years Over 60 Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 60.0% 40.0% 34.4% 36.6% 44.4% 37.3%
3 16 32 41 8 100
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 20.0% 35.0% 39.8% 40.2% 33.3% 38.4%
1 14 37 45 6 103
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 20.0% 25.0% 25.8% 23.2% 22.2% 24.3%
1 10 24 26 4 65
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=5 N=40 N=93 N=112 N=18 N=268

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 2.277(a) 8 .971
N of Valid Cases 268

a 4 cells (26.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.21.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Q1 - Generally speaking, how important do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents?

Very important Rather important Rather unimportant Totally unimportant Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 41.8% 27.4% .0% .0% 38.0%
89 17 0 0 106
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 36.6% 41.9% .0% .0% 37.3%
78 26 0 0 104
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 21.6% 30.6% 100.0% 100.0% 24.7%
46 19 2 2 69
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=213 N=62 N=2 N=2 N=279

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 16.913(a) 6 .010
N of Valid Cases 279

a 6 cells (50.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .49.

Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents? * Q2 - Generally speaking, do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of libraries?

Yes No Total
Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. 41.0% 17.2% 38.4%
98 5 103
Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. 39.7% 27.6% 38.4%
95 8 103
No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. 19.2% 55.2% 23.1%
46 16 62
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=239 N=29 N=268

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 19.223(a) 2 .000
N of Valid Cases 268

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 6.71.

Q4 - Our digital repository is accessible online at:
Country
Our digital repository is accessible online at: Type of library
Austria http://aleph.ub.tuwien.ac.at/ALEPH UL
http://hss.uni-klu.ac.at/testsys/bin/hss_info.php UL
Belgium http://archive.ugent.be UL
http://depot.kbr.be:8881/F NL
http://edoc.bib.ucl.ac.be/ucl/ UL
Czech Republic http://www.lib.cas.cz GRL
Denmark http://www.dspace.ruc.dk UL
http://www.netarkivet.dk NL
Finland http://joypub.joensuu.fi UL
France http://cridoc.univ-lille1.fr/default.asp?bustl/grisemine UL
http://eprints-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr:8080/ UL
http://revel.unice.fr/ UL
http://www.biu-toulouse.fr/num150/accueil.htm UL
Germany http://archiv.tu-chemnitz.de UL
http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ UL
http://deposit.ddb.de NL
http://deposit.ddb.de NL
http://edoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/ UL
http://edocs.fu-berlin.de UL
http://elib.suub.uni-bremen.de UL
http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus/index.php UL
http://kluedo.ub.uni-kl.de/ UL
http://mediatum.ub.tum.de/mediatum/content/below/index.xml UL
http://miami.uni-muenster.de/ UL
http://miless.uni-duisburg-essen.de/ http://www.ub.uni-duisburg.de/ETD-db/ UL
http://opus.kobv.de/tuberlin/ UL
http://opus.ub.uni-bayreuth.de/ UL
http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ UL
http://tiborder.de UL
http://ub-bib3.ub.uni-greifswald.de/eDiss/...; http://emedien.ub.uni-greifswald.de/ebooks/belser/... UL
http://ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/eva UL
http://web1.bib.uni-hildesheim.de/edocs/ UL
http://www.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de UL
http://www.bibliothek.uni-erfurt.de/target UL
http://www.boa-bw.de. Das Archiv wird vom Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württ. betreut GRL
http://www.hab.de/bibliothek/wdb/ GRL
http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-bamberg/ UL
http://www.rlb.edoweb-rlp.de GRL
http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/opus/ UL
http://www.ub.tu-cottbus.de/suche/disserta.htm UL
http://www.ub.uni-marburg.de/digibib/a/ UL
http://www.zhb-flensburg.de/edissen.htm UL
Greece http://artemis.lib.duth.gr/ UL
http://www.lib.uoi.gr/collection/ UL
http://www.lis.upatras.gr/kosmopolis/ UL
Hungary http://ek63.elte.hu UL
http://www,mtak.hu/en/eng.html GRL
http://www.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/phd.html UL
http://www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/eng/online/digital.php UL
Iceland http://bok.hi.is NL
Ireland http://www.nuim.ie/library UL
Italy http://www.cadmus.iue.it UL
http://www.digitami.it GRL
Latvia http://www.acadlib.lv/e/database/ GRL
Lithuania http://ei.libis.lt NL
Netherlands http://dare.uva.nl/ UL
http://doc.utwente.nl UL
http://library.wur.nl/way UL
http://www.darenet.nl UL
http://www.darenet.nl/nl/page/language.view/keur.page UL
http://www.igitur.nl/igiturarchief/index.php UL
http://www.kb.nl NL
http://www.rug.nl/bibliotheek/catalogiBestanden/elekPubRUG/index UL
Norway http://duo.uio.no UL
http://www.nb.no NL
Poland http://kangur.ae.krakow.pl/Biblioteka/Ksiazki/index.php UL
http://kpbc.umk.pl/dlibra UL
http://www.wbc.poznan.pl UL
http://www.wbc.poznan.pl UL
http://www.wbss.pg.gda.pl UL
Portugal http://purl.pt/index/PT/index.html NL
https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/ UL
Slovakia http://www.memoria.sk NL
Spain http://busc.usc.es UL
http://www.bib.uab.es/pub/index.html UL
http://www.ucm.es/eprints/ UL
http://www.ugr.es/biblio UL
http://www.uji.es/cd/teledoc/ UL
Sweden http://publications.uu.se/index.xsql?lang=en UL
http://www.diva-portal.org/su/ UL
http://www.mah.se/muep UL
Switzerland http://doc.rero.ch/ UL
http://infoscience.epfl.ch UL
http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/wwwPubhomepage/webhomepageger?opendocument UL
http://www.dissertationen.unizh.ch UL
http://www.stub.unibe.ch/ediss UL
United Kingdom http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/ UL
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk UL
http://eprints.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ UL
http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk UL
http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk UL
http://library.uce.ac.uk UL
http://rose.bris.ac.uk/ UL
http://www.eprints.bham.ac.uk UL
http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk UL
http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/daedalus/index.html UL

Q4 - The implementation of our digital repository is scheduled for the year....


Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 2005 13 3.9% 15.3% 15.3%
2006 51 15.5% 60.0% 75.3%
2007 13 3.9% 15.3% 90.6%
2008 6 1.8% 7.1% 97.6%
2009 1 .3% 1.2% 98.8%
2010 1 .3% 1.2% 100.0%
Total 85 25.8% 100.0% Mean=2006.22
Missing Don't know 4 1.2%

No answer 17 5.2%

Not applicable 224 67.9%

Total 245 74.2%

Total 330 100.0%


Q4 - The implementation of our digital repository is scheduled for the year.... * Region

Central Europe w/o Germany Scandinavian countries New EU member states Mediterranean countries Germany UK and Ireland Total
2005 16.7% 16.7% 13.8% 14.3% 20.0% 15.4% 15.3%
2 2 4 2 1 2 13
2006 58.3% 66.7% 51.7% 64.3% 80.0% 61.5% 60.0%
7 8 15 9 4 8 51
2007 16.7% 8.3% 24.1% 14.3% .0% 7.7% 15.3%
2 1 7 2 0 1 13
2008 8.3% 8.3% 6.9% 7.1% .0% 7.7% 7.1%
1 1 2 1 0 1 6
2009 .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% 7.7% 1.2%
0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2010 .0% .0% 3.4% .0% .0% .0% 1.2%
0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=12 N=12 N=29 N=14 N=5 N=13 N=85
(2006.17) (2006.08) (2006.38) (2006.14) (2005.80) (2006.31) (2006.22)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Test Statistics
Chi-Square 2.310
df 5
Asymp. Sig. .805

Q4 - The implementation of our digital repository is scheduled for the year.... * Type of library

GRL NL UL Total
2005 .0% 14.3% 18.2% 15.3%
0 1 12 13
2006 50.0% 71.4% 60.6% 60.0%
6 5 40 51
2007 25.0% .0% 15.2% 15.3%
3 0 10 13
2008 25.0% .0% 4.5% 7.1%
3 0 3 6
2009 .0% 14.3% .0% 1.2%
0 1 0 1
2010 .0% .0% 1.5% 1.2%
0 0 1 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=12 N=7 N=66 N=85
(2006.75) (2006.29) (2006.12) (2006.22)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Test Statistics
Chi-Square 6.104
df 2
Asymp. Sig. .047

Q4 - The implementation of our digital repository is scheduled for the year.... * Number of bound volumes

Less than 350000 350000 to 700000 700001 to 1800000 More than 1800000 Total
2005 3.7% 16.7% 32.0% 10.0% 15.5%
1 2 8 2 13
2006 70.4% 50.0% 44.0% 70.0% 59.5%
19 6 11 14 50
2007 14.8% 16.7% 16.0% 15.0% 15.5%
4 2 4 3 13
2008 7.4% 16.7% 8.0% .0% 7.1%
2 2 2 0 6
2009 .0% .0% .0% 5.0% 1.2%
0 0 0 1 1
2010 3.7% .0% .0% .0% 1.2%
1 0 0 0 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=27 N=12 N=25 N=20 N=84
(2006.41) (2006.33) (2006.00) (2006.20) (2006.23)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Test Statistics
Chi-Square 3.028
df 3
Asymp. Sig. .387

Q4 - The implementation of our digital repository is scheduled for the year.... * Foundation of library

Before 1960 1960 to Present Total
2005 16.0% 15.6% 15.9%
8 5 13
2006 60.0% 62.5% 61.0%
30 20 50
2007 16.0% 9.4% 13.4%
8 3 11
2008 6.0% 9.4% 7.3%
3 3 6
2009 2.0% .0% 1.2%
1 0 1
2010 .0% 3.1% 1.2%
0 1 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=50 N=32 N=82
(2006.18) (2006.25) (2006.21)

Mann-Whitney U Test

Test Statistics
Mann-Whitney U 798.500
Wilcoxon W 1326.500
Z -.016
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .987