Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1901/561
| Title: | Let Me Tell You About My Grandpa: A Content Analysis of User Annotations to Online Archival Collections |
| Authors: | Jessica M. Sedgwick |
| Keyword: | Archives |
| Keyword: | User-generated metadata |
| Keyword: | Annotations |
| Keyword: | Digital collections |
| Keyword: | Archival description |
| Keyword: | Web 2.0 |
| Issue Date: | 21-Jul-2008 |
| Publisher: | School of Information and Library Science |
| Abstract: | Archivists have a long history of striving for objectivity in their descriptions of archival materials for their users. However, archivists are only capable of providing limited contextual knowledge about a collection due to their own subjective point of view and limitations on time and resources in processing. One proposed solution is the implementation of user-contributed annotations to online archival content, though many institutions have been slow to adopt this feature into their own digital initiatives. This study provides a content analysis of user annotations from three online archival collections: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections, Beyond Brown Paper, and the Keweenaw Digital Archives. Findings showed that users most often engage in information-providing communication behaviors, with some variances between the three sites. In analyzing existing annotations, this study seeks to inform the role of user-contributed content in archival description. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1901/561 |
| Appears in Collections: | SILS Master's Papers |
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