The Archives at the Tip of Their Fingers: Exploring User Reactions to Large-Scale Digitization

Advances in digital image capture technology and the adoption of More Product, Less Process methods have resulted in special collections and archives large-scale digitization that creates a new kind of digital surrogate. Mirroring and reusing aggregate archival arrangement and description, these dig...

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Published in:Journal of archival organization 2021-04, Vol.18 (1-2), p.1-36
Main Authors: Lapworth, Emily, Chung, Su Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archival arrangement
Archival description
Archives
Archives & records
digital collections
digital surrogates
Digitization
large-scale digitization
users
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Summary:Advances in digital image capture technology and the adoption of More Product, Less Process methods have resulted in special collections and archives large-scale digitization that creates a new kind of digital surrogate. Mirroring and reusing aggregate archival arrangement and description, these digital surrogates represent multiple items and are minimally described as a whole. The authors conducted interviews to explore user reactions to this digitization method at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This study found that large-scale digitization does have a positive impact for users, although additional strategies may be required to maximize the usefulness of the resulting digital objects.
ISSN:1533-2748
1533-2756
DOI:10.1080/15332748.2021.1951022