SPEC Kit 338: Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories · 19
Repository Institution Funding Model External Grant Funding Sustainable Sustainability
Plan
Budget
tDAR Arizona State
University
External grant
funding,
Contracts for
digital archiving
services and
digital curation
services
Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation National
Science Foundation
National Endowment
for the Humanities
Yes Yes 800,000
Minority Health
and Health
Equity Archive
University of
Pittsburgh
Internal library
regular budget,
External grant
funding,
Funding from
the University
of Maryland,
separate from
the University
Library System,
University of
Pittsburgh
funding
Yes No
In these repositories, staff sizes range from three to
ten individuals representing 1.8 to 7.8 FTE. Staff posi-
tions are typically permanent, which may be related
to the strong assertion that the funding models are
believed to be sustainable. While many of the posi-
tions are full time, especially the project manager or
director, it is unclear what percentage of those and
other positions are dedicated exclusively to repository
support.
Staff size does not seem related to collection size.
The extent to which specialized subject knowledge is
needed also varies.
Advisory boards seem to be an integral part of
disciplinary repositories, involved with aspects of
their development and administration. Nine of the 12
case study repositories have an advisory board, each
with academic members, but the boards also include
industry, government, and nonprofit representatives
(see Figure 3). Seven of these boards were formed in
the planning stages. Advisory boards are quite active,
influencing the strategic direction, sustainability, out-
reach, policies, and collections activities of the reposi-
tories. However, they are not typically involved in the
day-to-day workflows of the repositories (see Figure 4).
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