While there’s no one way to do a digital scholarship project, there are several things to look out for when evaluating how effective they are. Johanna Drucker and Quinn Warnick provide good introductions to digital project analysis When evaluating a digital project, think about the following questions:
- What is the link to the project?
- Who created the project? Why did they create the project?
- Who is the audience for the project?
- What research question does the project appear to be asking? Is there a central thesis?
- How easy is the project to navigate and use? Is there an inviting home or front page?
- Is the writing clear, succinct, and precise, or does it read like a traditional scholarly paper?
- Is there an About page, or other information page? Is there any technical information about the creation of the project?
- What kinds of digital assets are used? Is metadata available?
- What kinds of digital tools are used for the project? Why were they chosen?
- What can you learn from this that you couldn’t from a traditional research paper?
