Ricky,
Not quite sure if it's what you want but I believe Steve Hitchcock &
Neil Jacobs advice to me, on the OA ROI Metrics subject/thread, may be
of assistance, please forgive the cut and paste:
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==> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:JISC-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Hitchcock
> Sent: 20 September 2007 11:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OA ROI Metrics
>
> Matt, Since I maintain the OA impact bibliography that someone has
> linked below, and the bibliography is now quite long, I'll pick out a
> couple of items that might start to answer your enquiry.
>
> Harnad, S. (2007)
> Open Access Scientometrics and the UK Research Assessment Exercise
> ArXiv, Computer Science, cs.IR/0703131, 26 March 2007. Preprint of
> invited keynote address to 11th Annual Meeting of the International
> Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Madrid, 25-27 June 2007
> http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.IR/0703131
>
> "Open Access Scientometrics will provide powerful new means of
> navigating, evaluating, predicting and analyzing the growing Open
> Access database, as well as powerful incentives for making it grow
> faster", noting that these potential new metrics need to be tested
> and validated. It is proposed that RAE 2008 will be the ideal
> opportunity to do this.
>
> In terms of quantifying the ROI benefits, see
>
> Houghton J. and Sheehan, P. (2006)
> The Economic Impact of Enhanced Access to Research Findings
> Centre for Strategic Economic Studies. Victoria University. July 2006
> http://www.cfses.com/documents/wp23.pdf
> see also this comment on the report
> http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/120-Maximising-the-
> Return-on-Resource-Investment-in-Research.html
>
> Steve Hitchcock
> IAM Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science
> University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 7698 Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 2865
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Jacobs [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 September 2007 13:13
> To: Davies Matt
> Subject: Re: OA ROI Metrics
>
> Hi Matt,
> I don't know if anyone has suggested the following:
> http://de.scientificcommons.org/16467288
> The JISC is funding a UK version of this study, which should be
complete
> Autumn 2008. We have not yet made an announcement about this.
> Best wishes
> Neil
>
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> Neil Jacobs <[log in to unmask]>
> JISC Executive, Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU
> +44 (0)117 33 10772 / 07768 040179
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:JISC-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ricky Rankin
> Sent: 17 October 2007 14:50
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: measurable benefits for setting up IR
>
> This may have already been discussed on this list, but I could not
find
> anything in the archives.
>
> We have been in discussion with our senior management regarding the
> establishment of an IR at Queen's.
>
> While accepting that there are some immeasurable benefits to
establishing
> an IR - improved exposure of research activity, senior management are
more
> interested in quantitative measurements that demonstrate the benefits
for
> both the University and individual researcher.
>
> Not unexpectedly they are also interested in the costs of setting up
and
> maintaining such a service.
>
> Ricky
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