58 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
We have identified the need to integrate our digital collections more closely with our evolving learning management
system landscape. We have also identified the need to upgrade our repository architecture to offer more robust support
for the curation of student and faculty scholarship. We are in the process of implementing both of the items mentioned
above.
We hope to develop transcription and other tools to help enhance existing metadata.
We would like to make the files supporting our collections available to researchers for them to do data-mining or text-
mining operations on, for example. We realize we also need to make it clear to researchers what they can do with these
collection materials (e.g., copyright and fair use guidance), as well as make it easy to cite them. In order to render this
type of access, we realize we need developer expertise and researcher feedback, in addition to (very likely) a different
platform to support proper curation of these collections.
22. Does your library track the integration of its locally curated digital collections into research,
teaching, and learning? N=66
Yes 15 23%
No, but we plan to 19 29%
No 32 49%
If yes or you plan to, what tracking methods are used? Check all that apply. N=30
Track citations and references to the collections and/or collection items in scholarly publications 23 77%
Track citations and references to the collections and/or collection items in instructional
materials used within your institution
13 43%
Track citations and references to the collections and/or collection items in instructional
materials used outside of your institution
9 30%
Other tracking method 8 27%
Please briefly describe the other tracking method. N=8
Faculty and publishers usually contact us to seek permissions for use in scholarly publications.
Number of events, students served, classrooms visited, etc.
Since much of what some of our departments do supports public scholarship, we also use Google Alerts to track use of
materials in other venues.
Surveys of and interviews with students and faculty stats about integration of collections into research, teaching, and
learning is provided in annual reports.
Track citations and references to the collection items in social media.
Track linking and embedding of content into learning management systems.
Use of research data curation data sets are an essential element to research on campus. We do not track citations for
general digital collections.
Via Aeon what is used in documentaries.
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