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The Benefits Working Group focused on establishing best practices and guidelines for digital library assessment. As part of this work, Stacy Konkiel, Michelle Dalmau and David Scherer have published a white paper on [http://figshare.com/articles/Altmetrics_and_analytics_for_digital_special_collections_and_institutional_repositories/1392140 "Altmetrics and analytics for digital special collections and institutional repositories"].
The Benefits Working Group focused on establishing best practices and guidelines for digital library assessment.


== Current Projects ==
== Current Projects ==


The Benefits Working Group is not currently active. Those interested in participating in this group should contact [mailto:sathompson3@uh.edu Santi Thompson].
The Benefits Working Group is not currently active.
 
== Get Involved ==
 
If you are interested in helping us develop best practices and guidelines for measuring benefits of digital libraries, please join our
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digital-library-assessment Digital Library Assessment Google Group] and speak up!  :-)


== Past Projects ==
== Past Projects ==
''' Stacy Konkiel, Michelle Dalmau and David Scherer have published a white paper on [http://figshare.com/articles/Altmetrics_and_analytics_for_digital_special_collections_and_institutional_repositories/1392140 "Altmetrics and analytics for digital special collections and institutional repositories"]. '''


=== How best can we measure the benefits of digital libraries? ===
=== How best can we measure the benefits of digital libraries? ===
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   * Address special challenges raised by aggregation
   * Address special challenges raised by aggregation


We are sharing resources on [[Assessment:Altmetrics]].
We shared resources on [[Assessment:Altmetrics]].
 
We formed a working group on [[Assessment:Citations]] and another on [[Assessment:Analytics]], that we hope will have progress to share at the next [http://www.diglib.org/forums/2015forum/ DLF Forum]!


For several weeks in early 2015, Elizabeth Kelly requested feedback on proposed best practices for citing digitized content and institutional repository content using 3 major citation styles.  [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_ROgzDKdBJKtWdl80Dh_bQKVg-y33EdXgc5cK64Y70/edit#  Now Closed].  She is incorporating suggestions and recommendations.
We formed a working group on [[Assessment:Citations]] and another on [[Assessment:Analytics]].


Stacy Konkiel, Michelle Dalmau and David Scherer have published a white paper on [http://figshare.com/articles/Altmetrics_and_analytics_for_digital_special_collections_and_institutional_repositories/1392140 "Altmetrics and analytics for digital special collections and institutional repositories"].
For several weeks in early 2015, Elizabeth Kelly requested feedback on proposed best practices for citing digitized content and institutional repository content using 3 major citation styles. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_ROgzDKdBJKtWdl80Dh_bQKVg-y33EdXgc5cK64Y70/edit#  Now Closed].  She incorporated suggestions and recommendations.
 
 
If you are interested in helping us develop best practices and guidelines for measuring benefits of digital libraries, please join our
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digital-library-assessment Digital Library Assessment Google Group] and speak up!  :-)


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Latest revision as of 14:40, 17 January 2018

The Benefits Working Group focused on establishing best practices and guidelines for digital library assessment.

Current Projects

The Benefits Working Group is not currently active.

Get Involved

If you are interested in helping us develop best practices and guidelines for measuring benefits of digital libraries, please join our Digital Library Assessment Google Group and speak up!  :-)

Past Projects

Stacy Konkiel, Michelle Dalmau and David Scherer have published a white paper on "Altmetrics and analytics for digital special collections and institutional repositories".

How best can we measure the benefits of digital libraries?

Potential steps to establish best practices and guidelines may include the following:

  1. Create operational definitions of value for digital libraries in general
  2. Assess alignment of benefits with institutional goals
  3. Develop standardized methods, comparable across institutions, to measure the benefits

The latter might include:

 * Altmetrics
 * Citations
 * Web stats and Google Analytics
 * Other measurements and methods (such as surveys, focus groups)
 * Address special challenges raised by aggregation

We shared resources on Assessment:Altmetrics.

We formed a working group on Assessment:Citations and another on Assessment:Analytics.

For several weeks in early 2015, Elizabeth Kelly requested feedback on proposed best practices for citing digitized content and institutional repository content using 3 major citation styles. Now Closed. She incorporated suggestions and recommendations.


Back to the Assessment home page