DSpace has a broader scope than just eprints; however, some cost data is available in the two documents I described below (from Current Cites volume 14, no. 12, December 2003):
Barton, Mary R., and Julie Harford Walker. "[29]Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries' Digital Institutional Repository" [30]Journal of Digital Information 4(2) (2003) (http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v04/i02/Barton/). - Currently, there is a great deal of interest in institutional repositories, but little is known about their costs. This article outlines MIT's business plan for its well-known DSpace repository. Not considering software development and system implementation costs, the authors conservatively estimate a budget of $285,000 for FY 2003. The bulk of the costs are for staff ($225,000), with smaller allocations for operating expenses ($25,000) and system hardware expansion ($35,000). MIT's DSpace service offerings have two components: core services (basic repository functions) and premium services (e.g., digitization and e-format conversion, metadata support, expanded user storage space, and user alerts and reports). While core services are free, MIT reserves the right to potentially charge for premium services. For further information see: MIT Libraries' DSpace Business Plan Project--Final Report to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ([31]http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-fed-test/implement/mellon.pdf) ,which indicates that system development costs "included $1.8 million for development as well as 3 FTE HP staff and approximately $400,000 in system equipment." - [32]CB Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston, Library Administration, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. E-mail: [email protected]. Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm
