Ms Elena Trowsdale
Research Student
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
Biography
Elena Trowsdale (Open University and Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) Division)
Supervised by Dr Jaspal Singh (Open University), Dr Sally Hunt (Open University), Dr Megan Gooch (Bodleian, Oxford), Professor David De Roure (Oxford University), Helen Adams (GLAM Division, Oxford)
I studied English Literature for her BA at Brasenose College, Oxford. I then went on to do an MSc in Digital Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In this time, my work focussed on materiality of the text and methods of digital editing. However, after I completed a year on the Bodleian Graduate Trainee Scheme as a Trainee Library Assistant at All Souls College, Oxford I became interested in analysing user experience in libraries and museums. For this reason, I enrolled on an OOC DTP – a doctoral training partnership between Open University and Oxford University GLAM Division.
My PhD topic is qualitative analysis methods for public engagement measurement in Oxford University’s GLAM sector. I will be analysing linguistic, and other qualitative, data derived from public engagement initiatives or feedback in each of the six GLAM institutions associated with Oxford University, including the Bodleian and Ashmolean. My research will help to find an effective method of analysing qualitative data for these institutions. This will help these institutions in their aim to become more user-focused and data-driven.
Links to profiles:
Elena Trowsdale | Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership
(23) Elena Trowsdale | LinkedIn
Links to previous work:
Elena Trowsdale, All Souls Library | Oxford Libraries Graduate Trainees
Early Modern Monsters in the Taylorian – History of the Book
