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Assessing for Digital Library Reuse: Findings from the Measuring Reuse Project

Home / Topics / Assessment / Assessing for Digital Library Reuse: Findings from the Measuring Reuse Project

December 7, 2018

Santi Thompson
Head, Digital Research Services
University of Houston

Genya O’Gara
Associate Director
Virtual Library of Virginia

Caroline Muglia
Co-Associate Dean for Collections & Technical Services
University of Southern California

Content reuse, defined as how often and in what ways digital library materials are utilized and repurposed, is a key indicator of the impact and value of a digital collection. Traditional library analytics focus almost entirely on simple access statistics, which do not show how users transform and remix materials found in digital collections. This lack of distinction, combined with a lack of standardized assessment approaches, makes it difficult to develop user-responsive collections or highlight the value of these materials. Developing a Framework for Measuring Reuse of Digital Objects, an IMLS-funded project (LG-73-17-0002-17) by the Digital Library Federation Assessment Interest Group (DLF-AIG), conducted a needs assessment of the digital library community to determine features of a future assessment toolkit that goes beyond use and traditional library metrics and focuses on transformation. This presentation will provide an overview of the mixed-methods approach used to generate data, share the results of this project, and discuss the next steps for implementation.

Co-Authors (in addition to presenters)

Elizabeth Joan Kelly
Digital Programs Coordinator
ejkelly@loyno.edu
Loyola University New Orleans

Ayla Stein Kenfield
Metadata Librarian
astein@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Liz Woolcott
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
liz.woolcott@usu.edu
Utah State University

https://reuse.diglib.org/

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Filed Under: Assessment, CNI Fall 2018 Project Briefing, Digital Libraries, Project Briefing Pages
Tagged With: cni2018fall, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

 

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