56 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
COST OF CONTRIBUTING TO OSS PROJECTS
24. Were you able to track the costs of your most recent contribution to an OSS project? N=53
Yes 10 19%
No 43 81%
If yes, please identify the most recent OSS project, indicate the costs of contributing to that
project, and briefly describe what expenses were covered (e.g., staff time, equipment, training,
travel, etc.) N=10
OSS Project Costs Expenses Covered
Avalon Media System Not available Travel to meetings and conferences
Crowd-sourced transcription tool $7500 Consultant, in-house staff time
Custom Voyager Reports Server Staff time and equipment Staff time and equipment
DSpace REST API Approx. $10,000 Salary/benefits (2 months developer time)
Fedora Commons 4 Pending Pending
Fedora Commons We cannot share cost
information at this time.
We cannot share cost information at this time.
Open Journal System (OJS) 5% of developer time Staff time, travel
Open Journal System (OJS) $2750 Conduct design work, client meetings, programming,
testing, troubleshooting, and documentation
Papyrus N/A Staff time
Vireo 1 FTE for 1 year Wages, travel, training
What was the source of the funds for contributing to this OSS project? Check all that apply. N=45
Library’s operating budget 43 96%
Grant(s) 10 22%
Parent institution 3 7%
Consortial budget(s) 2 4%
Gift(s) 1 2%
Other funding source(s) 2 4%
Please specify the other funding source(s). N=2
Able to track, chose not to track. Would come from library’s operating budget.
Funded by another university division (Technology Services)
COST OF CONTRIBUTING TO OSS PROJECTS
24. Were you able to track the costs of your most recent contribution to an OSS project? N=53
Yes 10 19%
No 43 81%
If yes, please identify the most recent OSS project, indicate the costs of contributing to that
project, and briefly describe what expenses were covered (e.g., staff time, equipment, training,
travel, etc.) N=10
OSS Project Costs Expenses Covered
Avalon Media System Not available Travel to meetings and conferences
Crowd-sourced transcription tool $7500 Consultant, in-house staff time
Custom Voyager Reports Server Staff time and equipment Staff time and equipment
DSpace REST API Approx. $10,000 Salary/benefits (2 months developer time)
Fedora Commons 4 Pending Pending
Fedora Commons We cannot share cost
information at this time.
We cannot share cost information at this time.
Open Journal System (OJS) 5% of developer time Staff time, travel
Open Journal System (OJS) $2750 Conduct design work, client meetings, programming,
testing, troubleshooting, and documentation
Papyrus N/A Staff time
Vireo 1 FTE for 1 year Wages, travel, training
What was the source of the funds for contributing to this OSS project? Check all that apply. N=45
Library’s operating budget 43 96%
Grant(s) 10 22%
Parent institution 3 7%
Consortial budget(s) 2 4%
Gift(s) 1 2%
Other funding source(s) 2 4%
Please specify the other funding source(s). N=2
Able to track, chose not to track. Would come from library’s operating budget.
Funded by another university division (Technology Services)
