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IM LS Award Number LG-06-09-0174-09
Work Area 4 - Researcher Needs Assessment
The work in this area consisted of a small exploratory study to investigate academicians' research activities
so that we could better understand how they might use the contents of the EOT 2008 Archive. Interviews
were conducted with researchers in various academic disciplines to (a) determine the range of research
areas they study and the research questions they investigate, (b) identify their access needs, and (c)
discover new research questions enabled by access to the Archive.
The particular focus of the semi-structured interviews was researchers' use or anticipated use of the
contents in End of Term 2008 Archive. A questionnaire was developed for this purpose as well as to
investigate the research process used by academic researchers from research question through data
collection and analysis. Additionally, we took this opportunity to elicit researchers' needs and ideas in
regard to future content selection for Web archives. The questionnaire was reviewed for content clarity
and scope by members of the project team.
Four researchers were selected initially because of their previously expressed interest in the Archive. These
researchers identified others whom they thought would be valuable informants. All participants were
invited via email to participate in a one-hour interview that was audio recorded. Participants signed a
consent form prior to the interview, consistent with the UNT Institutional Review Board approval.
In all, 11 interviews were conducted with researchers at two universities. Table 14 identifies the
researchers' academic disciplines grouped under five areas: Humanities (n = 3), Social Sciences (n = 4),
Formal Sciences (n = 1), Applied Sciences (n = 1), and Natural Sciences (n = 2). While three political
scientists were interviewed, other disciplines included only a single researcher. With the exception of one
Doctoral Candidate, all participants hold doctoral degrees and are university professors.
Discipline #
Humanities
English 1
History 1
Philosophy 1
Social Sciences
Economics 1
Political Science 3
Formal Sciences
Computer Science 1
Applied Sciences
Journalism - Communication Law 1
Natural Sciences
Biochemistry 1
Zoology - Aquatic Ecology 1
Table 14. Academic disciplines of participants25
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