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“利用档案资源开展数据密集型互联网研究”有三个目标：(1)建立一个学者社区，专注于通过使用档案数字数据解决下一代互联网研究问题；(2)利用互联网档案馆（Internet Archive，一个万维网网页库）的数据，创建样本数据库并开发一个原型研究工具HistoryTracker；(3)利用前沿社区平台HUBzero维护活跃的学者社区。韦伯、拉泽和卡彭特将领导一个社区建设倡议，将围绕这三个目标的学者联合起来。从长远来看，这项工作将支持社区参与者之间的持续互动，包括收集反馈，分享研究，以及传播通过本研究过程收集的数据库。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的途径。此外，这项研究项目的证据将为制定和传播一般准则提供信息，以便利用网络档案数据进行理论上和方法上严格的纵向研究。更广泛的意义/非技术：Internet Archive是现存的最大的Web数据存储库，但是对于学术团体来说，还严重缺乏可供研究的数据库和工具。BCC-SBE合作研究项目“利用档案资源开展数据密集型互联网研究”的资助，将为利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指导方针的创建和传播提供信息。韦伯、拉泽和卡彭特将共同致力于将一个专注于利用档案数字数据进行研究的学者社区聚集在一起。随后，主要研究人员将领导初步工具和样本数据库的开发，以进行正在进行的研究，检查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.