A "build it and they will come" approach to many university digitization initiatives has precluded systematic investigations of the demand for these resources. Those who fund and develop digital resources have identified the general lack of knowledge about the level and quality of their use in educational settings as pressing concerns. This full report describes our research and the complete results of a large 2-year study. The purpose of our research was (1) to map the universe of digital resources available to a subset of undergraduate educators in the humanities and social sciences, and (2) to investigate how and if available digital resources are actually being used in undergraduate teaching environments. We employed multiple methods, including surveys and focus groups. Our definition of digital resources was intentionally broad and included rich media objects (e.g., maps, video, images, etc.) as well as text.
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- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- California Digital Library (CDL)
- Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
- Hewlett Packard Company
- Vice Chancellor of Research at University of California - Berkeley
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- Copyright University of California, CSHE, Diane Harley. All rights reserved.
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