Use and Users of Digital Resources: A Focus on Undergraduate Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Use and Users of Digital Resources: A Focus on Undergraduate Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences April 5, 2006 Authors: Diane Harley, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Jonathan Henke, Shannon Lawrence, Ian Miller, Irene Perciali, Ph.D., and David Nasatir, Ph.D. With contributions from Charis Kaskiris and Cara Bautista Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), University of California, Berkeley Funders: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Hewlett-Packard Company, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), the California Digital Library (CDL), and the Vice Chancellor of Research, UC Berkeley Principal Investigator: Diane Harley, Ph.D. Center for Studies in Higher Education South Hall Annex, #4650 Berkeley, CA 94720 Project website: http://digitalresourcestudy.berkeley.edu/ © 2005–2006, Center for Studies in Higher Educationread more
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