Improvement Plan of Web Archive Service for Research in the Fields of Humanities and Social Sciences: Focused on In-Depth Interview Analysis

Abstract

This study aims to conduct and analyze in-depth interviews with researchers and experts of data analysis and visualization to maximize the data utilization of the Web archive OASIS (Online Archiving & Searching Internet Sources, hereafter OASIS), which holds a large number of materials in the fields of Humanities and Social Science. Based on the analysis, improvement plans for Web archive service are suggested. To do this, first, a group of each three researchers from Humanities and Social Sciences with experience in web archiving or digital archiving are selected to collect and analyze opinions on 13 detailed questions on importance, utility, and usability of OASIS. Second, two data experts with experience in building and providing visualization services are selected to collect and analyze opinions on data accumulation, data visualization, and text analysis that strengthen usability after building a Web archive. As a result, it is suggested to build an operating system for strengthening the analysis expertise of OASIS, a Web archive based on personalized service by user type, integrated analysis platform, and data base expansion. This improvement plan can be a starting point to provide useful Web resource for researchers and to enhance the practical value of web resource.