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The ultimate goal of the survey was to use information to seed a dynamic database where DSpace users can search to find other users who have similar repositories, environments or interests. The work on this database is still on-going, but because the information gathered from the survey may be useful to the community now, the DGOC has posted an Excel file (http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Image:DSpace_Community_Networking_Survey_April_2009_POST.xls
) with all the info gathered. This file is available for anyone to download and sort. Respondent names and emails have been removed for security precautions - but if members of the community are interested in making a connection with a specific institution, they may contact Jim Ottaviani at hellpop@umich.edu or Valorie Hollister at val@dspace.org for help to facilitate connections where possible.
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Here are a few highlights of the survey results:
- 309 people participated in the survey
- Type of institution: 83% of respondents represent academic institutions, 19% research centers, 10% archive/public library, 10% government *
- Number of items: More than half of the respondents have 2,500 or less items in their repositories, only 15% have 10,000 or more items
- DSpace version: 51% are using 1.5.x, 36% using 1.4.x and 20% are using 1.3 or less, other 3%*
- Upgrade plans: 37% already have upgraded to 1.5.x, 39% plan to upgrade within a year, 19% don't know, %4 don't plan to upgrade
- Modifications to software: 54% minor cosmetic, 29% new features, 29% significant UI customizations, 23% no changes, 8% core code changes*
- UI used: 67% use JSP, 39% use Manakin
- Java version used: 57% Java SE 6, 36% J2SE 5.0, 7% Java SE 7*
''*Many of the questions allowed for multiple answers, therefore some of the numbers and percentages represent multiple answers from the same respondent.
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PDF summary of the results: http://dev.dspace.org/images/surveys/read%20only_dspace%20community%20networking%20survey.pdf