mla 2013: social science tools for understanding the impact of the digital humanities

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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

http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/tidsr/

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

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