Collaborative Research BCC-SBE: Using Archival Resources to Conduct Data-Intensive Internet Research

项目描述：BCC-SBE合作研究项目“利用档案资源进行数据密集型互联网研究”有三个目标：（1）通过使用档案数字数据，建立一个专注于解决下一代互联网研究问题的学者社区;（2）利用互联网档案馆的数据，建立样本数据库，并开发一个原型研究工具“历史追踪器”，一个万维网网页库;（3）使用尖端的社区平台HUBzero维护一个活跃的学者社区。合作PI韦伯，雷泽和卡彭特将领导一个社区建设倡议，团结学者围绕这三个目标。从长远来看，这项工作将支持社区参与者之间正在进行的互动，包括收集反馈，分享研究，以及传播通过这项研究和其他过程收集的数据库。方便、高效地访问互联网档案数据有可能为社会科学研究开辟无数新途径。此外，从这个研究项目的证据将通知创建和传播的一般准则进行理论和方法上严格的纵向研究使用档案Web data.Broader意义/非技术：互联网档案馆是唯一的最大的存储库的档案Web数据的存在，但有一个显着缺乏研究准备的数据库和工具提供给学术界。BCC-SBE合作研究项目“利用档案资源进行数据密集型互联网研究”的资助将为使用档案网络数据进行理论和方法上严格的纵向研究的一般准则的创建和传播提供信息。合作PI韦伯，雷泽和卡彭特将努力汇集一个社区的学者专注于研究利用档案数字数据。随后，主要研究人员将领导初始工具和样本数据库的开发，以进行正在进行的研究，研究与万维网发展有关的许多问题，以及个人和组织在互联网上的行为。

Project Description: The BCC-SBE Collaborative Research Project, "Using Archival Resources to Conduct Data-Intensive Internet Research," has three goals: (1) to build a community of scholars focused on tackling next-generation questions of Internet research through the use of archival digital data; (2) to create sample databases and develop a prototype research tool, HistoryTracker, using data from the Internet Archive, a library of Web pages from the World Wide Web; and (3) to maintain an active community of scholars using the cutting-edge community platform HUBzero. Co-PIs Weber, Lazer and Carpenter will lead a community building initiative to coalesce scholars around these three goals. In the long-run, this work will support ongoing interactions among community participants, including the collection of feedback, sharing research, and dissemination of databases collected through the course of this research and beyond. Convenient, efficient access to archival Internet data has the potential to open up countless new avenues of social science research. In addition, evidence from this research project will inform the creation and dissemination of general guidelines for conducting theoretically and methodologically rigorous longitudinal research using archival Web data.Broader Significance/Nontechnical: The Internet Archive is the single largest repository of archive Web data in existence, yet there is a significant lack of research-ready databases and tools available to the scholarly community. Funding of the BCC-SBE Collaborative Research Project, "Using Archival Resources to Conduct Data-Intensive Internet Research," will inform the creation and dissemination of general guidelines for conducting theoretically and methodologically rigorous longitudinal research using archival Web data. Co-PIs Weber, Lazer and Carpenter will work to bring together a community of scholars focused on research utilizing archival digital data. Subsequently, the principal investigators will lead the development of initial tools and sample databases for conducting ongoing research examining numerous issues pertaining to the development of the World Wide Web, and the behavior of individuals and organizations on the Internet.