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1、SupportingtheChangingResearchPracticesofHistoriansJenniferRutnerRogerC.SchonfeldDecember10,2012TableofContents3ExecutiveSummary4Introduction7ResearchPractices29DigitalResearchMethods,Collaboration,andCommunication32Audience,Outputs,andCredit37GraduateStudent
2、s40SummaryofFindings41Recommendations48AppendixA:InterviewParticipants50AppendixB:InterviewProtocolforHistoriansSupportingtheChangingResearchPracticesofHistorians:FinalReportfromITHAKAS+R•December10,20122ExecutiveSummaryIn2011-2012,IthakaS+Rexaminedthechangi
3、ngresearchmethodsandprac-ticesofacademichistoriansintheUnitedStates,withtheobjectiveofidentifyingservicestobettersupportthem.Basedoninterviewswithdozensofhistorians,librarians,archivists,andothersupportservicesproviders,thisprojecthasfoundthattheunderlyingre
4、searchmethodsofmanyhistoriansremainfairlyrecognizableevenwiththeintroductionofnewtoolsandtechnologies,butthedaytodayresearchpracticesofallhistorianshavechangedfundamentally.IthakaS+Rresearchersidentifiednumerousopportunitiesforimprovedsupportandtraining,whic
5、harepresentedasrecommendationstoinformationservicesorganizationsincludinglibrariesandarchives,historydepartments,scholarlysocieties,andfundingagencies.Forarchives,werecommendongoingimprovementstoaccessthroughimprovedfindingaids,digitization,anddiscoverytooli
6、ntegration,aswellasexpandedopportunitiesforarchiviststohelphistoriansinterpretcollections,tobuildcon-nectionsamongusers,andtoinstructPhDstudentsintheuseofarchives.Forlibraries,werecommendongoingimprovementsintheprovisionofcollec-tions,includingbyaddressingch
7、angingformatpreferences,bycollaboratingtomaximizeaccesstocollections,andbyofferingdiscoveryenvironmentsthatincorporatethefullrangeofneededmaterials.Wealsorecommendthatlibrariesdevelopnewresearchsupportmodelsthataddresshistorians’relatedneedsforexpertiseatasu
8、b-disciplinarylevelandforassistanceindiscoveringandaccess-ingprimarysourcematerials.Forprovidersofdigitalanddigitizedsources,werecommendaddressingtheabsenceofforeignlanguageandnon-textualmateria