diff --git a/OCLC.tex b/OCLC.tex index ac97a24..7b3543c 100755 --- a/OCLC.tex +++ b/OCLC.tex @@ -91,13 +91,16 @@ \end{figure} -Of particular interest is that hit rates on the Otago repository have grown at a much more rapid rate than the other repositories that were examined, especially when time since launch is considered. As can be seen in Figure~\ref{fig-growth-comparison}, total traffic to the Otago repository has grown much more rapidly during its early months than for any of the other seven repositories shown, including some that are much older and larger (see Table~\ref{tab-reopsitories}). Clearly this is a very interesting development, and a research project is currently underway to investigate possible reasons for this. +Of particular interest is that hit rates on the Otago repository have grown at a much more rapid rate than the other repositories that were examined, especially when time since launch is considered. As can be seen in Figure~\ref{fig-growth-comparison}, total traffic to the Otago repository has grown much more rapidly during its early months than for any of the other eight repositories shown, including some that are much older and larger (see Table~\ref{tab-reopsitories}). Clearly this is a very interesting development, and a research project is currently underway to investigate possible reasons for this. + +% hit rates ... appear to have grown more rapidly than other the repositories ... +% This may simply be a consequence of growing public awareness of digital repositories, or it may be a consequence of other factors. A research project is currently underway to investigate possible reasons for the Otago repository's rapid traffic growth. \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics[scale=0.8]{growth_comparison} - \caption{Comparison of traffic growth across eight EPrints repositories, as of September 2006. (The different line styles are used to only to distinguish the lines; they have no other significance.)} + \caption{Comparison of traffic growth across nine EPrints repositories, as of September 2006. (The different line styles are used to only to distinguish the lines; they have no other significance.)} \label{fig-growth-comparison} \end{figure} @@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ \textbf{Repository} & \textbf{months} & \textbf{items} \\ \hline dLIST (U.\ Arizona) & 17 & 735 \\ + E-LIS (CILEA, Italy) & 45.5 & 4275 \\ U.\ Melbourne & 50.5 & 1279 \\ U.\ Nottingham & 38.5 & 235 \\ U.\ Otago/Cardrona & 4.5 & 13 \\