http://repositoryman.blogspot.com/2011/06/mendeley-download-vs-upload-growth.html
So a big increase in user numbers results in a small increase in publicly shared PDFs, confirming (I think) that Mendeley are not preaching to the choir, and are mainly attracting users who are not already "OA active". Users of Mendeley have clearly transitioned from "scholarly knowledge collectors" to "scholarly knowledge sharers". The challenge still remains how to change their behaviour from "scholarly asset maintainers" to "scholarly asset sharers".
Siehe auch
http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=mendeley
So a big increase in user numbers results in a small increase in publicly shared PDFs, confirming (I think) that Mendeley are not preaching to the choir, and are mainly attracting users who are not already "OA active". Users of Mendeley have clearly transitioned from "scholarly knowledge collectors" to "scholarly knowledge sharers". The challenge still remains how to change their behaviour from "scholarly asset maintainers" to "scholarly asset sharers".
Siehe auch
http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=mendeley
KlausGraf - am Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2011, 00:41 - Rubrik: Open Access
