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Jinfang Niu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The need for shared personal/family Archivists
Archival Science, 2021Co-Authors: Jinfang NiuAbstract:Technologies have made it easy for individuals or families to generate and accumulate information collections with similar volume and complexity as institutional libraries or archives in the past. A survey was conducted to investigate people’s needs in managing and preserving personal/family information collections. The survey data show that many people have trouble in finding, sharing, preserving, and accessing personal/family information collections. Although some libraries and archives provide guidance, training, or equipment to assist people in managing and preserving their collections, very few people consider those services to be sufficient. These findings indicate an unmet need for a new type of Archivists that serves the information management and preservation needs of individuals and families. This paper discusses mechanisms to develop a workforce of personal/family Archivists and to match the supply and demand of personal/family archivist, as well as future work to further assess the need for shared personal/family Archivists.
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the need for shared personal family Archivists
Archival Science, 2021Co-Authors: Jinfang NiuAbstract:Technologies have made it easy for individuals or families to generate and accumulate information collections with similar volume and complexity as institutional libraries or archives in the past. A survey was conducted to investigate people’s needs in managing and preserving personal/family information collections. The survey data show that many people have trouble in finding, sharing, preserving, and accessing personal/family information collections. Although some libraries and archives provide guidance, training, or equipment to assist people in managing and preserving their collections, very few people consider those services to be sufficient. These findings indicate an unmet need for a new type of Archivists that serves the information management and preservation needs of individuals and families. This paper discusses mechanisms to develop a workforce of personal/family Archivists and to match the supply and demand of personal/family archivist, as well as future work to further assess the need for shared personal/family Archivists.
Richard J. Cox - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Archivist and Collecting
2010Co-Authors: Richard J. CoxAbstract:Archival collecting is seen by Archivists in some countries principally within the context of well-established archival appraisal and acquisition practices and principles. The author argues for a specifically North American approach to collecting. He notes: “Some would argue that the greatest emphasis, both practical and theoretical, on collecting has come from the North Americans, and as a result, this article concentrates on the topic of the archivist and collecting from a distinctly North American perspective.” (Editor's abstract.)
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Archives & Archivists in the information age
2005Co-Authors: Richard J. CoxAbstract:In today's information world, the importance and need for archival collections and professionals to care for them cannot be understated. Noted professor and author Richard J. Cox provides an insightful guide to the new roles, responsibilities, and considerations for archival management. Cox examines the role of archival collections in public scholarship, distance learning, and the digital era. He explores the need for modern organizations that collect historical materials. Chapters guide readers through the creation of job descriptions and the hiring an Archivists and consultants. Cox delineates the role of the archivist in the knowledge age; the profession's changing credentials and specialties; and the growing base of knowledge found in the field's scholarly works. Informative and timely, this guide contains vital new information for Archivists, records managers, students, and all information workers who are interested in understanding the important roles Archivists play in modern institutions and the information profession.
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archives Archivists in the information age
2005Co-Authors: Richard J. CoxAbstract:In today's information world, the importance and need for archival collections and professionals to care for them cannot be understated. Noted professor and author Richard J. Cox provides an insightful guide to the new roles, responsibilities, and considerations for archival management. Cox examines the role of archival collections in public scholarship, distance learning, and the digital era. He explores the need for modern organizations that collect historical materials. Chapters guide readers through the creation of job descriptions and the hiring an Archivists and consultants. Cox delineates the role of the archivist in the knowledge age; the profession's changing credentials and specialties; and the growing base of knowledge found in the field's scholarly works. Informative and timely, this guide contains vital new information for Archivists, records managers, students, and all information workers who are interested in understanding the important roles Archivists play in modern institutions and the information profession.
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The Archivist and Collecting: A Review Essay
The American Archivist, 1996Co-Authors: Richard J. CoxAbstract:About the author: Richard J. Cox is an Associate Professor, Archival Studies, at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. In addition to being a member of the Society of American Archivist's governing Council from 1986 through 1989, Cox served as Editor of the American Archivist from 1991 through 1995. He has written extensively on archival and records management professional issues, publishing articles in many journals, and is the author of four books on these subjects as well.
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the roles of graduate and continuing education programs in preparing Archivists in north america for the information age
American Archivist, 1993Co-Authors: Richard J. CoxAbstract:This essay argues that the North American archival profession has not adequately dealt with educating Archivists to manage automated techniques and, especially, electronic records because of a variety of structural problems in this field: There are few archival educators qualified to teach such topics, few satisfactory archival programs for handling such functions, and little research being done on these concerns. The essay presents five actions the archival community could take to rectify the dilemma: (1) expand the concept of graduate archival education, (2) make such education interdisciplinary, (3) emphasize research, (4) develop higher visibility with archival empoloyers and prospective student recruits, and (5) build a foundation for effective continuing education programs. This essay was prepared prior to Cox's assuming the editorship of the American Archivist. The essay is published as part of the CART Curriculum Conference Proceedings.
Joan M. Schwartz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Archives, records, and power: From (postmodern) theory to (archival) performance
Archival Science, 2002Co-Authors: Terry Cook, Joan M. SchwartzAbstract:This article is the continuation and conclusion of our introduction, as the guest editors, that appeared in the first of these two special issues of Archival Science , which together are devoted to the theme, “Archives, Records, and Power.” It argues that, in performing their work, Archivists follow a script that has been naturalized by the routine repetition of past practice. They act in ways that they anticipate their various audiences would desire. If archival practice is to be influenced by the postmodern ideas of the authors of the essays in these two volumes, then Archivists must see that the script, stage, and audiences have changed. Theory and practice are not opposites, not even polarities, but integrated aspects of the archivist's professional role and responsibility. Transparency of process about the archivist's performance will facilitate this integration, stimulate the building of archival knowledge, and enable present and future generations to hold the profession accountable for its choices in exercising power over the making of modern memory.
Sarah Allain - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Data Archivist: the archivist’s role in data management and preservation
2016Co-Authors: Sarah AllainAbstract:Sarah Allain, Systems Archivist Sarah Romkey, Archivematica Program Manager Research data management is undoubtedly a hot topic in digital librarianship today. Increasingly, academic institutions are relying on services within the library to help researchers build data management plans (DMPs) and manage their data for the long term. Data repositories, like institutional repositories, are often managed by the library. While the role of the librarian in research data management is becoming increasingly clear, the role of the archivist is still emerging. Research data, like all digital assets, has digital preservation needs and challenges, but digital preservation has been described by some as a “gap” in current data management practices. Exacerbating the gap is that research data is sometimes created by domain-specific tools and in proprietary formats. In order to fill this gap, some librarians and Archivists have been looking to digital preservation systems such as Archivematica to integrate with their data management platforms. This presentation will report on three approaches in the Archivematica user community to preserve research data: An integration between Archivematica and the data management platform Dataverse, which is being tested by the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Secondly, Archivists at the Universities of Hull and York in the United Kingdom have been developing Archivematica features to better integrate with new and existing research data management systems. Finally, Compute Canada has piloted Archivematica as an integrated service with its Globus Portal, a data transfer service.
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the data archivist the archivist s role in data management and preservation
2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, 2016Co-Authors: Sarah AllainAbstract:Sarah Allain, Systems Archivist Sarah Romkey, Archivematica Program Manager Research data management is undoubtedly a hot topic in digital librarianship today. Increasingly, academic institutions are relying on services within the library to help researchers build data management plans (DMPs) and manage their data for the long term. Data repositories, like institutional repositories, are often managed by the library. While the role of the librarian in research data management is becoming increasingly clear, the role of the archivist is still emerging. Research data, like all digital assets, has digital preservation needs and challenges, but digital preservation has been described by some as a “gap” in current data management practices. Exacerbating the gap is that research data is sometimes created by domain-specific tools and in proprietary formats. In order to fill this gap, some librarians and Archivists have been looking to digital preservation systems such as Archivematica to integrate with their data management platforms. This presentation will report on three approaches in the Archivematica user community to preserve research data: An integration between Archivematica and the data management platform Dataverse, which is being tested by the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Secondly, Archivists at the Universities of Hull and York in the United Kingdom have been developing Archivematica features to better integrate with new and existing research data management systems. Finally, Compute Canada has piloted Archivematica as an integrated service with its Globus Portal, a data transfer service.
Monica G. Maceli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Usability evaluation of an open-source environmental monitoring data dashboard for Archivists
Archival Science, 2020Co-Authors: Monica G. MaceliAbstract:Cultural heritage archives engage in monitoring of environmental condition data, typically by employing “datalogger” devices and rudimentary data dashboard interfaces, to ensure collection preservation and avoid damaging environmental conditions, such as high temperature or humidity. Data dashboard interfaces are a popular means of efficiently monitoring complex, high-volume, and real-time data. While open-source software, in which the code may be modified as needed by individuals and/or communities, is widely used in the archives domain for collection management, the commercial environmental monitoring systems tend to be closed source and inflexible in use. The authors’ prior user-centered research with archivist practitioners has indicated many issues with the current commercial environmental monitoring systems and noted the potential for more flexible, open, and modern technology solutions. This research study explores the design and evaluation, through usability testing and heuristic evaluation, of an open-source data dashboard interface for Archivists, with an emphasis on understanding the ability of current open-source tools in this realm to support Archivists’ interface needs. Though the data dashboard interface was generally efficient and easy to use for Archivists, there were several problems identified that require further development and evaluation, some of which may be more technically challenging than reasonable to expect from Archivists. Several suggestions for the future directions this work may take are presented, which includes integration into existing popular open-sources systems currently developed by Archivists.