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Use and Users of Digital Resources: A Focus on Undergraduate Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences

By Diane Harley, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Jonathan Henke, Shannon Lawrence, Ian Miller, Irene Perciali, Ph.D., and David Nasatir, Ph.D. With contributions from Charis Kaskiris and Cara Bautista

April 5, 2006; Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley

Executive Summary (PDF, 161 kB)

Complete Report (including Appendices) (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Complete Report Text (without Appendices) (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Contents (by chapter):

Introduction and Rationale for the Project (PDF, 140 kB)

Understanding the Humanities/Social Science Digital Resource Landscape and Where Users Fit Into It (PDF, 206 kB)

How Are Digital Resources Being Used? Faculty Discussion Groups and Faculty Survey (PDF, 533 kB)

How Are Digital Resources Being Used? Transaction Log Analysis and Website Surveys (PDF, 251 kB)

Why Study Users? Interviews with Digital Resource Providers (PDF, 202 kB)

Why Study Users? Site Owners and User Researchers Meeting (PDF, 206 kB)

Conclusions (PDF, 123 kB)

Bibliography (PDF, 136 kB)

Appendices (PDF, 124 kB)

See also: Complete charts and tables from the faculty survey.

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