Our analysis of survey data will enable us to begin characterizing successful institutional repositories. The team’s next step is to conduct follow-up phone interviews with the staff at about two dozen seemingly successful repositories. Our objectives in Activity 2 will be to learn more about successful, unique, and fruitful practices, policies, and operations at institutional repositories and focus on the more successful ones for model building.

The subtasks required to accomplish Activity 2 are:

(1) drafting phone interview protocols,
(2) conducting interviews,
(3) analyzing data in search of variables influencing success factors, model policies, and fruitful areas of inquiry for follow-up site visits.