Brenda Reyes Ayala, University of Alberta

Research

Web archiving information quality web preservation digital preservation information science (1) Web archiving (2) information quality (3) web preservation

Latest funding

Preserving our digital heritage: Improving the detection of quality problems in web archive
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$61,771

All 1 grants and awards

Preserving our digital heritage: Improving the detection of quality problems in web archive

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Reyes Ayala, Brenda

Keywords: Web archiving; information quality; web preservation; digital preservation; information science

$61,771

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Web archiving Dear Professor Reyes Ayala, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on web archiving connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Preserving our digital heritage: Improving the detection of quality problems in web archive" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]