RISM User Studies

The RISM Central Office carried out a series of user studies between 2014 and 2015 that examined how people interact with the online catalog.

A survey about the online catalog was available from October 30, 2014 to February 28, 2015 (view the survey questions here). In total, 551 valid responses were received, 342 in English and 209 in German.

Publications and Conferences

• The RISM Online User Survey: Report (May 2016)
• Other reports on the RISM website:
  • May 29, 2015: Results of the RISM User Study, Part I: The Survey
  • August 10, 2015: Part II: Your Comments - Coverage in RISM and Citing Literature
  • August 12, 2015: Part III: Your Comments - Chronological limits
  • August 14, 2015: Part IV: Your Comments - Libraries, Coverage, and Completeness
• IAML Germany annual conference, Stuttgart (AIBM-Tagung)
  24 September 2015, Plenary session: Musikbibliothek für alle
  “Die RISM-Nutzerstudie: Überblick und erste Ergebnisse” (Martina Falletta, Alexander Marxen, Jennifer Ward, RISM-Zentralredaktion)
  Slides
• IAML Congress, New York
  23 June 2015
  As part of the session RISM Round Table, we presented initial findings from the survey. (Jennifer Ward)
  Slides

Comments from the survey

Our initial reactions to some of your comments were posted the week of August 10, 2015. For a full evaluation of all the comments, please see The RISM Online User Survey: Report, above.

First up, we talked about coverage in RISM and how we cite secondary literature.

Next, we talked about the chronological limits of RISM and how these limits are set.

Lastly, we discussed the issue of libraries, coverage, and completeness.