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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| contributor.advisor | Christopher Lee | en |
| creator | Jessica M. Sedgwick | en |
| date.accessioned | 2008-07-21T15:01:26Z | - |
| date.available | 2008-07-21 | en |
| date.available | 2008-07-21T15:01:26Z | - |
| date.issued | 2008-07-21T15:01:26Z | - |
| date.submitted | July 2008 | en |
| identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1901/561 | - |
| description.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. | en |
| format | application/pdf | en |
| format.extent | 419998 bytes | - |
| format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
| language.iso | en_US | en |
| publisher | School of Information and Library Science | en |
| subject | Archives User-generated metadata Annotations Digital collections Archival description Web 2.0 | en |
| title | Let Me Tell You About My Grandpa: A Content Analysis of User Annotations to Online Archival Collections | en |
| type | Electronic Theses and Dissertations | en |
| degree.discipline | Library Science | en |
| degree.grantor | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | en |
| degree.level | Master | en |
| degree.name | Master of Science | en |
| license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/ | en |
| Appears in Collections: | SILS Master's Papers |
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