Missing a trick (opens in new tab)

The Loon ran into this examination of repository zombification and death out of the University of Glasgow last week. The study’s methods struck her as appropriate and well-conducted, and the Loon appreciates that the researchers shared their dataset. She won’t spoil the results, which are at once unsurprising and dispiriting. She does want to suggest an avenue for future research, on either side of the pond, however, because she thinks the researchers missed a trick.