Zoom on Wycombe Evaluating a digitisation project

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Zoom on Wycombe Evaluating a digitisation
project

• Maria Cipollone
• Cheryl Clark
• Rahel Kasemaa

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Objectives

• To evaluate the success of the digitisation
  project
• To evaluate the impact of the digitisation
  project on the library

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Methodology

• Quantitative
• Analysis of hit counts and server statistics
• Questionnaire
• Qualitative
• Analysis of general reference enquiries
• Analysis of digitisation enquiries
• Interviews

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Literature Review

• Reasons for digitisation
• Main concerns
• Evaluation of outcomes

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Research Outcomes

• Evaluative report for funding body
• Article for open access journal D-Lib Magazine

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Schedule

• Jan - Feb 08 Obtain website statistics and
  prepare questionnaire
• Mar - Apr 08 Conduct interviews
• May - Jun 08 Analyse enquiry data
• Jul - Aug 08 Analyse quantitative data
• Sep - Nov 08 Analyse qualitative data
• Dec 08 Write up and disseminate findings

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References

• Anderson, I.G. (2007) Pure dead brilliant?
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• Arlitsch, K. (2002) Digitizing Sanborn Fire
  Insurance Maps for a full color, publicly
  accessible collection. D-Lib Magazine, Vol.
  8(7/8) n.p. Online. Available from
  http//www.dlib.org/dlib/july02/arlitsch/07arlitsc
  h.html Accessed 12/10/07
• Astle, P.J. and Muir, A. (2002) Digitisation and
  preservation in public libraries and archives.
  Journal of Librarianship and Information Science,
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• Barnett, A. and Litzer, D. (2004) Local history
  in e-books and on the Web one librarys
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  User Services Quarterly, Vol. 43(3), pp. 248-257
• Bauer, C. and Roddy, C.L. (2001) Implementing
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• Hughes, L. (2004) Digitizing collections.
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• Lee, S.D. (2001) Digital Imaging. A practical
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• Thomas, H., 2006. Museums, galleries and
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• Woodley, M.S. (2002) A digital library project on
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• Bibliography for methodology
• Robson, C. (2002) Real World Research, 2nd ed.,
  Oxford Blackwell, 2002