id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ital-9446 Biswas, Paromita; Marchesoni, Joel Analyzing Digital Collections Entrances: What Gets Used and Why It Matters 2016-12-30 16 .pdf application/pdf 5457 179 37 The authors argue that such data evaluation is important because it can better inform decisions taken to build collections that will attract users and serve their needs. As Herold, who traced the second largest group of users of the Orang Asli digital image archive to Malaysia notes, the geographic base of a collection’s users can be indicative of the popularity of a subject area.22 Likewise, Matusiak asserts that users’ comments can be indicative of the relevance of collections to users’ needs and provide direction for the future development of digital collections.23 As neither the Craft Revival, Cherokee Traditions, nor Horace Kephart collection includes items that relate specifically to the university’s history—unlike other institution-specific collections mentioned earlier—it is possible collection users may be more representative of the larger public than the university. cache/ital-9446.pdf txt/ital-9446.txt