Costs and Labor
Implementations of Institutional Repositories at other institutions vary widely in scope and staffing. Costs and staff time used to work on an IR are sometimes difficult to quantify, as often staff take on IR work as an addition to their other duties.
Here are some reports that list costs and labor for various existing Institutional Repositories:
Listserv Summary of the Costs of Running an Open Source Repository (Excel spreadsheet)
Some information about start-up costs of an IR can be found in ARL Spec Kit 292, "Institutional Repositories" published in July 2006. The table of contents and executive summary can be found at: http://www.arl.org/spec/SPEC292web.pdf
The E-prints Insiders blog looks at the costs listed in the Spec Kit
Reported costs are sometimes difficult to interpret, because often institutional repositories are started with one-time funding. Numbers on the higher end of the scale usually reflect institutions with a significant investment in software development and hardware.
