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From The Ground Up The Publication of Archaeological Projects a user needs survey
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Appendices
Appendix 4.5: Questionnaire results (section 5)
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Definitions of terms used in the questionnaire Fieldwork project: any fieldwork (or underwater) project, including watching briefs, evaluations, excavations, and surveys of all kinds (e.g. buildings, earthworks, field walking, geophysics and aerial photography), as well as related artefact and ecofact (environmental) analysis. Fieldwork publication: any work that serves to record and disseminate information derived from a fieldwork project (as defined above), whether produced in printed or other media. This broad definition includes 'grey literature' as well as 'published works' (see below). Published work: any publication which is issued for public sale/widespread distribution, and/or has an ISBN/ISSN. Grey literature: any work which is not issued for public sale/widespread distribution and does not have an ISBN/ISSN, as is often the case, for instance, with reports derived from small-scale developer-funded projects. Project archive: the primary records (including paper, digital (computerised) and microfiche records, plans, notes, recording sheets, and photographs) and the collected remains (including artefacts and ecofacts) resulting from a fieldwork project. (Although the records and collected remains may be deposited at different locations in some parts of the British Isles, they are here both defined as forming part of the overall project archive.) 'Use' of publications: anything ranging from brief consultation
to in-depth study/extensive reading. |
5. Publication media and content
5.1 Do you currently have access (or plan
for access) to:
(Please tick one box per row)
| current access | plans for access in next year | plans for access in next 1-5 years | no access and no plans | |
| Society / university / institutional library with good archaeological coverage | ||||
| Public library collection with good archaeological collection | ||||
| CD-ROM | ||||
| The Internet | ||||
| A means of printing from CD-ROM, the Internet and email | ||||
| Microfiche reader |
5.2 In general, do you prefer to read from:
(Please grade 1-4 in order of preference, 1 being your highest preference)
() Professionally published or books and
journals
() Photocopies (from printed sources or microfiche) and computer print-out
() Computer screen
() Microfiche reader
5.3 How useful do you find the following
computerised services in connection with your archaeological work / interests?
(Please tick one box per row)
| useful | sometimes useful | not useful | don't use / don't know | |
| Bibliographic databases (e.g.BIDS) | ||||
| Computerised library catalogues | ||||
| Internet archaeological publications | ||||
| Internet journals (e.g. Internet Archaeology) | ||||
| Institutional / personal web sites | ||||
| Email bulletin boards | ||||
| Other(s) (please specify):
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5.4 What publication mechanism, conventional
print, Internet and / or CD-ROM, would you like to see being used for the
following types of archaeological publications?
(Please tick as many boxes per row as you wish)
| type of publication | conventional print | Internet | CD-ROM | don't know / no opinion |
| Fieldwork publications | ||||
| National archaeological journals | ||||
| Regional / local archaeological journals | ||||
| 'Grey literature' | ||||
| Period and regional syntheses | ||||
| Theoretical and methodological books | ||||
| Heritage and management books | ||||
| Popular books |
5.5a Have you ever used archaeological fieldwork publications on the Internet?
() Yes (go to 5.5b)
() No (go to 5.6)
5.5b Did you have sufficient skills to view / use all the features of the publication that you wished to view / use?
() Yes
() No
If 'No', what did you find difficult?
5.5c Please answer the following questions:
(Please tick one box per row)
| better | just the same | worse | not used by me / the authors | don't know / no opinion | |
| How did electronic links providing non-linear narrative compare with conventional narrative? | |||||
| How did electronic search facilities compare with conventional print indexes? | |||||
| How did the presentation of data in the electronic publications compare with that of conventional print publications? | |||||
| How did the presentation of graphic material in the electronic publications compare with that of conventional print publications? |
5.6 Electronic publication can allow the
incorporation of 3-D modelling, video and sound. Would such developments in
publication be useful for your requirements?
(Please tick one box)
() very much so
() somewhat
() not at all
() don't know / no opinion
5.7 Do you think that project archives should be available on the Internet?
() Yes
() No
() Don't know know / no opinion
5.8 At present, many publications on the
Internet can be accessed free of charge (once you have paid for the connection
costs). In future, would you be prepared to buy access to specific publications
if you had the opportunity to browse them first?
(Please tick one box per row, and give reasons for your answer)
| Yes | No | Don't know / No opinion | |
| Fieldwork publications | |||
| Other types of archaeological publication |
Reason(s):