MLA 2013: Social Science Tools for understanding the impact of the digital humanities

Eric T. Meyer Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

MLA Convention, BostonJanuary 2013

Social science tools for understanding the impact of the

digital humanities

@etmeyer

Slides at: http://www.slideshare.net/etmeyer/mla2013

Digitisation and Impact

Measuring usage and impact

What to measure?

• Users

• Types of use

• Awareness

• Citation practices

• Marketing strategies

• Embedding

Methods

Quantitative methods

• Webometrics

• Web Analytics

• Log file analysis

• Scientometrics / bibliometrics

• Content Analysis

Qualitative methods

• Interviews

• Focus groups

• User feedback

• Referrer analysis

• Content Analysis

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Eric T. Meyereric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=120

Oxford e-Social Science Project

Project work funded by:

Slides at: http://www.slideshare.net/etmeyer/mla2013Additional slides at: http://www.slideshare.net/etmeyer/tidsrdhoxss2012