Keywords
Digital Library, library assessment, digital asset management, primary source literacy
Data Set Description Summary
Included are the initial scripts and the final qualitative thematic codes (created using the grounded method) of two IRB studies completed by the BYU Library's Digital Collections Systems Management Committee. Study 1, "Undergraduates' Access and Usability of the CONTENTdm Interface" (BYU IRB E2021-260) administered a usability test and an oral survey/interview, resulting in two datasets: codes from video observational data of undergraduate subjects using the library's digital asset management system, CONTENTdm, to complete ten pre-set usability tasks, and also codes from open-ended interview questions about those undergraduate students' perceived effectiveness in the system, and their preferences in a library digital platform in general.
Study 2, Faculty Needs Assessment of the Library DAM System (BYU IRB IRB2022-263) orally administered a survey/interview that resulted in one data set of qualitative codes (using the grounded method) from the video interview and observational data of fourteen faculty subjects. This study captured data regarding how collegiate instructors access and use digital libraries and digital library content, what platform functionalities they like or dislike, and what criteria they value in the platforms they use for digital library research.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Memory, Lindsey; Wiederhold, Rebecca A.; Beazer, Abby; Seppi, Greg; Lewis, Nicole; Smart, Elizabeth; and Ellingson, Brent, "Initial Scripts and Final Code Data for E2021-260 Study 1, Undergraduates' Access and Usability of the CONTENTdm Interface and IRB2022-263 Study 2, Faculty Needs Assessment of the Library DAM System" (2025). ScholarsArchive Data. 80.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/data/80
Document Type
Data
Publication Date
2025-05-05
Data Collection Start Date
10-2021
Data Collection End Date
3-2023
College
Harold B. Lee Library
Final Codes - Study 1, Interview Phase, Undergrads and Digital Primary Sources
Final Codes - Study 1, Observation Phase, Undergrads and Digital Primary Sources.xlsx (30 kB)
Final Codes - Study 1, Observation Phase, Undergrads and Digital Primary Sources
Final Codes - Study 2, Faculty and Digital Primary Sources.xlsx (39 kB)
Final Codes - Study 2, Faculty and Digital Primary Sources
Addendum 1 - List of User Tasks.pdf (1896 kB)
Study 1, Initial List of User Tasks
Addendum 2 - List of Interview Questions.pdf (74 kB)
Study 1, Initial List of Survey/Interview Questions
Addendum 4 - Interview Script.pdf (209 kB)
Study 2, Initial List of Survey/Interview Questions
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