Hi Kyle,
I'm not sure how exactly this would translate to more traditional
digital library resources (images, audio, text, etc) but with datasets,
the Midlife in the United States longitudinal study keeps track of who
publishes papers using their data (not sure if this is done manually or
harvested or both) and what institutions the authors are from
(http://midus.wisc.edu/findings/index.php); and a digital library
project I did a practicum for in library school kicked around the idea
of developing lesson plans based on materials in their collection or
working with teachers/professors to do so, and then using that in grant
writing. Presumably for the latter, they could be posted on ERIC and/or
publicized in other ways and then you'd be able to keep track of views
and downloads, and then maybe have some people who you could interview
as a case study of how they used ABC Digital Library's content in their
classroom. That'd be quite a bit of work, but probably decently solid
justification for funding.
Best,
Caroline
On 12/17/2012 3:20 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
Howdy all,
Just wondering who might be willing to share what kind of stats they
produce to justify their continued existence? Of course we do the normal
(web activity, items and metadata records created, stuff scanned, etc), but
I'm trying to wrap my mind around ways to describe work where there's not a
built in assumption that more is better.
For example, how might work curating a collection or preparing for a
migration to a TDB platform be described? Thanks,
kyle
