Reference visualization and download analysis of the “geographical literature” in the Open Repository of ULg (ORBi)

Set up by the University of Liège, ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) knew a lightning increase of the online posted references since its creation in 2008. The official launch took place on November 26th, 2008 and after considerable efforts on behalf of the team which manages the tool, and researchers who introduce themselves their publications, the contents of the repository managed to reach a value of 64245 references among which 38670 with full text.
Working for the Library of Geography of the University of Liege, I found interesting to analyze the number of visualizations and downloads of the references (2005 to 2007) posted online by the ULg geographer’s, and the population interested in this literature.
The highlight is on WHO and WHERE are the internet users visualizing and downloading ORBi references from?
In order to detect the population using this scientific literature, we analyzed the user IP and their distribution in the world. The data was obtained from a MaxMind database.
The type of population using this scientific literature: researchers, individuals, public or private companies was also determined.