User Participation in Archival Knowledge Structures: Archival Description as Domain and Testing Ground

IF 0.8 4区管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.1515/libri-2021-0125

Brad Wiles

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Abstract This paper presents a critical analysis of disciplinary discussions on user-generated contributions to institutional archives collections metadata and attempts to assess its impact on professional archivists’ approach to archival description. It frames archival description as a distinct knowledge domain and considers the possibilities, limitations, and contradictions of expanding this key function of archival work beyond the professional purview. It discusses how enhanced user participation might contribute to the knowledge and information infrastructures of archives and what this might suggest for archival description going forward. It identifies various practical, theoretical, and ethical implications for archives emerging from this body of literature, all undergirded by the role of technology in shaping the cultural and historical phenomena that archives seek to capture. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of archives’ renewed place in knowledge building in a digital society and offers suggestions for continued inquiry.

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档案知识结构中的用户参与:作为领域和试验场的档案描述

摘要本文对机构档案馆藏元数据中用户贡献的学科讨论进行了批判性分析，并试图评估其对专业档案工作者档案描述方法的影响。它将档案描述构建为一个独特的知识领域，并考虑将档案工作的这一关键功能扩展到专业范围之外的可能性、局限性和矛盾。它讨论了增强的用户参与如何有助于档案的知识和信息基础设施，以及这可能对今后的档案描述提出什么建议。它确定了从这一文献中出现的档案的各种实践，理论和伦理含义，所有这些都是由技术在塑造档案试图捕捉的文化和历史现象中的作用所支撑的。文章最后简要讨论了数字化社会中档案在知识建设中的地位，并对今后的研究提出了建议。

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Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Libri, International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, investigates the functions of libraries and information services from both a historical and present-day perspective and analyses the role of information in cultural, organizational, national and international developments. The periodical reports on current trends in librarianship worldwide and describes the transformation of libraries and information services resulting from the introduction of new information technologies and working methods. Background information and the latest research findings in librarianship and information science are made accessible to experts and a broader public. Articles are in English and conform to the highest academic standards.