INDICATORS FOR THE EVALUATION OF OPEN ACCESS INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES.

Abstract

After ten years from Berlin’s declaration, it could be the adequate time to define some repositories evaluation indicators, focus on internal management and users’ satisfaction. The approach is that even there is not an only way to evaluate institutional repositories, some general criteria could be given. After making a review of the recent literature about repositories indicators, it has been developed a set of criteria that could be applied to the institutional repositories as an evaluation potential model. It has been had in mind specifically those factors about the institutional repositories’ performance related to its management. As a result, a proposal of technological, process, marketing and staff indicators is presented, the final objective being that the repository could be a useful tool for the final user and the institution.