Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections

ISBN-13: 9781856047203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 218 str.

Lorna Hughes

Opis

Brings together a group of international experts to consider the following key issues: What is the role of digital resources in the research life cycle? Do the arts and humanities face a 'data deluge'? How are digital collections to be sustained over the long term? What is the role of digital collections in the 'digital economy'?

Spis treści

Foreword - Christine L Borgman 1. Introduction: the value, use and impact of digital collections - Lorna M Hughes
PART 1: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES
2. The digital library - Andrew Prescott 3. The digital museum - Claire Hudson 4. The digital archive - Gillian Oliver
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING THE USE, IMPACT AND VALUE OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
5. A strategic approach to the understanding and evaluation of impact - Ben Showers 6. User needs in digitization - Milena Dobreva, Andy O’Dwyer and Leo Konstantelos 7. Measuring impact and use: scholarly information-seeking behaviour - Claire Ross, Melissa Terras and Vera Motyckova 8. The value and impact of digitized resources for learning, teaching, research and enjoyment - Simon Tanner
PART 3: ENHANCING THE FUTURE IMPACT AND VALUE OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
9. Using ICT methods and tools in arts and humanities research - Lorna M Hughes 10. Creating a research data infrastructure: policy and practicalities - Ann Borda and Lyle Winton 11. Improving sustainability of publicly funded digital resources - David Robey