37 SPEC Kit 350: Supporting Digital Scholarship
Many individuals in tech services, publishing, special collections, etc. contribute.
Metadata, Digital Scholarship, e-Scholarship
Mostly in technical services and around the library
Support for metadata creation is scattered across a variety of functions: Archives, GIS, Data
management services, Aga Khan Documentation Center.
Developing digital scholarship software N=37
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev N
0.25 10 3.24 3.00 1.80 34
Interface design and/or usability N=51
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev N
0.25 12 3.01 2.50 2.40 44
Comments N=4
Center for Digital Scholarship (CLIR postdoctoral fellow, support staff), Emerging Technologies
Librarian, User Experience Analyst
Staff in Digital Library Services and Web Development
Web Services
Web Services and User Experience Workgroup
Database development N=43
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev N
0.25 15 3.27 2.50 2.56 38
Comments N=2
Software developers
Staff in Digital Library Services and Web Development
Technical upkeep N=45
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev N
1 20 4.14 3.00 3.45 37
Comments N=6
Center for Digital Scholarship (support staff, student workers), Library IT support
DPS unit
Staff in Digital Library Services and Web Development
Systems &Lib Tech staff
Systems and Digital Scholarship
Systems staff