**apologies for any cross-posting**
I have put up a new blog posting:
http://simon-tanner.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-balanced-value-impact-model.html
The full report Measuring the Impact of Digital Resources - The Balanced Value
Model is now available for download and use.
The Balanced Value Impact Model (BVI Model) draws evidence from a wide range of
sources to provide a compelling account of the means of measuring the impact of
digital resources and using evidence to advocate how change benefits people.
The aim is to provide key information and a strong model for the following
primary communities of use: the cultural, heritage, academic or creative
industries.
For the purposes of this Model, the definition of Impact is:
The measurable outcomes arising from the existence of a digital resource that
demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities of the community for
which the resource is intended.
The outcome of this cross disciplinary research is a new and targeted model of
Impact Assessment for the primary communities of use identified above. The
Balanced Value Impact Model brings together aspects from disparate Impact
Assessment communities into a cohesive and logical process for Impact
Assessment.
The Balanced Value Impact Model is intended to aid the thinking and decision
making of those wishing to engage in Impact Assessment. It also acts as a guide
through the process of Impact Assessment to enable the core values most
appropriate to the assessment to be brought to the fore and given a balanced
consideration when evaluating outcomes. It presumes that the assessment will be
measuring change within an ecosystem for a digital resource.
Who should use the BVI Model?
* The aim of this report is to provide key information and a strong
model for the following primary communities of use:
* Memory institutions and cultural heritage organizations, such as
libraries, museums and archives.
* Funding bodies who wish to promote evidence-based impact assessment
of activities they support.
* Holders and custodians of special collections.
* Managers, project managers and fundraisers who are seeking to justify
further investment in digital resources.
* Academics looking to establish digital projects and digital
scholarship collaborations with collection owners.
* Publishing, media and business sectors which may be considering the
best means to measure the impact of their digital resources and are looking to
collaborate and align with collection owners, with academia or with memory
institutions.
* Impact Assessment practitioners considering an Impact Assessment of a
digital resource.
All my best,
Simon
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Simon Tanner
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
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