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ReplyDeleteBiswas, P. & Marcteson, J. (2016) Analyzing digital collections entrances: What gets used and why it matters. Information Technology & Libraries, 35(4), 19-34.
Article Summary: This is an interesting in-depth article regarding the research conducted by Paromita Biswas, a Metadata Librarian and Joel Marctesoni, a Technology Support Analyst, conducted for the Hunter Library at the Western Carolina University campus. The research study covered a 27 month period from October 2013 until December 2015. The purpose of the study was to analyze the Digital Collections and what actually gets used in these collections, how often and if users/patrons return. The two of them partnered together to cull huge amounts of data and utilized Google Analytics and ContentDM to review the research findings. This is an interesting research study because it covers two different areas. One is the collections which are relevant to the university and the other are geographically based collections for this area of the state and country.
Since it is a University library the research showed that collections regarding the university were sourced and reviewed often, but the findings also noted the geographic collections received attention from users/patrons as well.
In reading about their research efforts, I learned a great deal about Google Analytics, ContentDM, and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). There were several explanations about how the metadata was ported into and out of the DPLA, and pushed and pulled from other tools like the ContentDM which are available to patrons and users to obtain data. I found this information fascinating especially as to how it relates to libraries making decisions about the Digital Collections offerings. In large part it appears decisions surrounding Digital Collections are based on usage rates. Libraries would need to take a deep dive into the data to understand the users and/patrons actually utilizing these Digital Collections.
Evaluation:
This article provides the research results for a study conducted about Digital Collections. The authors are a MetaData Librarian and a Technology Support Analyst. They do a wonderful job of explaining Digital Collections and how technology plays a role in parsing data to see if the collections are meeting user needs. They also provide good information about the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and ContentDM. This is a good article for understanding Digital Collections and the related technology tools which assist libraries in providing these materials to users and patrons.