Apologies for cross posting.
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
recently commissioned audience research with students and lecturers from
FE & HE to inform the development of the Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource
project. The entire Pre-Raphaelite collection is being digitised, including
painting on canvas, works on paper, sculpture, designs for stained glass,
textiles, tiles, printed books, unpublished artists’ and associates’
letters, notebooks relating to major patrons of the collection, and associated
photographic material.
The audience research has now been completed
by Illumina Digital. We were particularly interested in whether there was
a demand for Web 2.0 features (short answer - not really). The research
also looks at how this audience currently uses the web for research.
One of the interesting findings of the
research is a perceived lack of 'scholarly' online resources and a concern
that information on the web isn't trustworthy and although it might be
used for a 'quick cheat' or a 'last resort' that it couldn't be referenced
as a source in their work. JSTOR was the only notable exception mentioned
in this research - this was universally recommended by students and lecturers.
If you would like a copy of the report
please email me -
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Thanks
Linda
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