Domain: Humanities - Princeton Data Commons Discovery Search Results

Author(s):: Kotin, Joshua; Koeser, Rebecca Sutton; Adair, Carl; Alagappan, Serena; Bauer, Jean; Browne, Oliver J.; Budak, Nick; Calver, Harriet; Chow, Jin; Davis, Ian; Doroudian, Gissoo; Engel, Currie; Green, Elspeth; Hicks, Benjamin; Joelson, Madeleine E.; Kelly, Carolyn; Krolewski, Sara; Li, Xinyi; Maag, Ellie; Mahoney, Cate; McCarthy, Jesse D.; Naydan, Mary; Ruehl, Isabel; Thode, Sylvie; VanSant, Camey; Wulfman, Clifford E.
Abstract:: The Shakespeare and Company Project: Lending Library Members dataset includes information about approximately 5,700 members of Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company lending library.
Type:: Dataset
Issue Date:: July 2020

Author(s):: Kotin, Joshua; Koeser, Rebecca Sutton; Adair, Carl; Alagappan, Serena; Bauer, Jean; Browne, Oliver J.; Budak, Nick; Calver, Harriet; Chow, Jin; Davis, Ian; Doroudian, Gissoo; Engel, Currie; Green, Elspeth; Hicks, Benjamin; Joelson, Madeleine E.; Kelly, Carolyn; Krolewski, Sara; Li, Xinyi; Maag, Ellie; Mahoney, Cate; McCarthy, Jesse D.; Naydan, Mary; Ruehl, Isabel; Thode, Sylvie; VanSant, Camey; Wulfman, Clifford E.
Abstract:: The Shakespeare and Company Project makes three datasets available to download in CSV and JSON formats. The datasets provide information about lending library members; the books that circulated in the lending library; and lending library events, including borrows, purchases, memberships, and renewals. The datasets may be used individually or in combination site URLs are consistent identifiers across all three. The DOIs for each dataset are as follows: Members (https://doi.org/10.34770/ht30-g395); Books (https://doi.org/10.34770/g467-3w07); Events (https://doi.org/10.34770/2r93-0t85).
Type:: Dataset
Issue Date:: July 2020

Author(s):: Abrams, Samantha; Antracoli, Alexis; Appel, Rachel; Caust-Ellenbogen, Celia; Dennison, Sarah; Duncan, Sumitra; Ramsay, Stefanie
Abstract:: In 2017, seven members of the Archive-It Mid-Atlantic Users Group (AITMA) conducted a study of 14 subjects representative of their stakeholder populations to assess the usability of Archive-It, a web archiving subscription service of the Internet Archive. While Archive-It is the most widely-used tool for web archiving, little is known about how users interact with the service. This study intended to teach us what users expect from web archives, which exist as another form of archival material. End-user subjects executed four search tasks using the public Archive-It interface and the Wayback Machine to access archived information on websites from the facilitators’ own harvested collections and provide feedback about their experiences. The tasks were designed to have straightforward pass or fail outcomes, and the facilitators took notes on the subjects’ behavior and commentary during the sessions. Overall, participants reported mildly positive impressions of Archive-It public user interface based on their session. The study identified several key areas of improvement for the Archive-It service pertaining to metadata options, terminology display, indexing of dates, and the site’s search box.
Type:: Dataset
Issue Date:: 2019