The document summarizes the findings of a study on the impact of digitized scholarly resources. It describes various quantitative and qualitative methods used in the study, including webometrics, analytics, log file analysis, interviews, focus groups, and surveys. The study analyzed five digitization projects and found they had positive impacts like improving research and enabling new types of quantitative analysis. Usage varied by project, with some seeing more impact through teaching resources while others saw more impact through computational analysis of materials.
Humanities Webcast Slides from Oxford University Event
1. Slides from Humanities on the Web: Is it working? Date: Thursday, 19 March 2009, 10-4 Location: Oxford University, Oxford, UK Webcast URL: http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20090319_274 Slide URL: http://www.slideshare.net/etmeyer/TIDSR Morning Event: 10:00 – 11:15: Toolkits for e-Humanities Overview of Phase 1 Digitisation Projects (Dr. Kathryn Eccles) Quantitative Tools (Prof. Mike Thelwall & Dr. Kathryn Eccles) Qualitative Tools (Dr. Eric Meyer & Dr. Kathryn Eccles) Survey Data (Christine Madsen & Dr. Eric Meyer) Discussion and questions Full details: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=238
2. Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources: Introduction to JISC Phase One Digitisation projects Kathryn Eccles Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford
3. Project 1 – Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR/Histpop)
4. Project 1 – Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR/Histpop)
5. Project 1 – Online Historical Population Reports (Histpop)
6. Project 2 – British Library 19th Century Newspapers
7. Project 2 – British Library 19th Century Newspapers
8. Project 2 – British Library 19th Century Newspapers
9. Project 2 – British Library 19th Century Newspapers
12. Project 4 – British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS): 18th Century Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834
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14. Project 4 – British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS): 18th Century Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834
15. Project 4 – British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS): 18th Century Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834
16. Project 4 – British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS): 18th Century Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834
17. Project 5 – Wellcome Medical Journals: the backfiles project
18. Project 5 – Wellcome Medical Journals: the backfiles project
19. Project 5 – Wellcome Medical Journals: the backfiles project
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22. Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Kathryn Eccles [email_address] http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=138
23. Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources: Quantitative Methods Dr Kathryn Eccles Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford & Professor Mike Thelwall University of Wolverhampton
24. Overview Quantitative Methods used in the Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources: • Webometrics • (Google) Analytics • Log file analysis • Scientometrics / bibliometrics
36. Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources: Qualitative Methods Dr Eric Meyer & Dr Kathryn Eccles Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford