This is the fourth post in a seven-part series in which we will share some of the results of our survey for scholars with you.
The fourth section of our survey asked scholars to evaluate the possibility of creating an online collection of LCRM-related works. The proposed collection could consist of either LCRM-related publications or LCRM-related publications along with primary-source documents. Scholars loved this idea with an amazing 96% of the 279 respondents supporting the creation of an online collection of LCRM-related publications and 97% of the 279 respondents requesting the inclusion of primary-source documents in the collection.
Here’s what some of the scholars had to say about an online collection:
- “It would be fantastic for these primary source collections to be brought together. Hope to see it happen.”
- “This would be a fantastic resource for scholars to locate materials with more ease.”
- “This would be very interesting, but I would also encourage you to think about how users could access the material through non-proprietary searches (e.g. Google). Too often these great digital collections get buried in library web sites.”
- “Having such materials would be very useful even in lower-level classes — students seem most unfamiliar sometimes with the most recent decades of history”
We’d love to hear any additional comments you might have on an online collection of LCRM-related materials.
The LCRM staff would again like to express our gratitude to everyone who took the time to participate in the survey. You’ve clearly given us some food for thought. If you still want to participate in the LCRM project we invite you to add to the discussion on a specific topic by adding a comment to this and our other posts about the survey.
Survey Methodology and Disclaimer: We used the Odum Institute software to host our survey and help us analyze results. We are not statisticians and do not claim that our survey or the reports on results are scientific, although they may be indicative of trends. We welcome comments or questions about the results.
Check back soon for Part 5 of our survey results!
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