Digital Heritage Collections: Can we measure impact?

Speaker

Mimi Seyffert-Wirth (Stellenbosch University)

Abstract

Research impact in Scholarly Communication has become relatively easy to measure in terms of citations and other metrics. Measuring the impact of Digital Heritage Collections, however, remains challenging. In this presentation I would like to explore ways to measure impact of these collections, both academic and societal. I will do so with reference to SUNDigital Collections, Digital Heritage Repository of Stellenbosch University.