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

项目简介：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)建立一个学者社区，通过使用档案数字数据来解决互联网研究的下一代问题；(2)创建样本数据库，并利用互联网档案馆的数据开发一个原型研究工具--历史追踪器；以及(3)使用尖端社区平台HUBZERO维持活跃的学者社区。韦伯、雷泽和卡彭特将领导一项社区建设倡议，将学者们团结在这三个目标周围。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、分享研究和传播在本研究过程中和以后收集的数据库。方便、高效地获取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有助于制定和传播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。广泛的意义/非技术：互联网档案是现有的最大的档案网络数据储存库，但学术界严重缺乏可供研究使用的数据库和工具。为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”提供资金，将有助于制定和传播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。联合PIS韦伯、雷泽和卡彭特将努力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，首席调查员将领导开发初步工具和样本数据库，以进行持续研究，审查与万维网的发展以及个人和组织在因特网上的行为有关的许多问题。

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.