Project StORe: Physics Report

Abstract

Results are presented on the Physics Survey of Researcher Use of Repositories which constitutes the culmination of Work Package 2 (in Physics) of Project StORe (Source to Output Repositories). The data were obtained by Project StORe from an online questionnaire and individual interviews during the period March 2006 to June 2006. A comprehensive study of the project’s principal aim of linking source to output repositories (and vice versa) is given along with a detailed study of the associated topics of source data, source repositories, metadata, data access and sharing, output repositories and support. A brief overview of Project StORe, the Physics user survey and a summary of significant observations from this survey are given. The in-depth results and commentaries from both the Physics questionnaire and interviews are detailed. A brief summary identifying consistent messages and potential follow-up actions is given.