John Bowers, J. Cushman, Jayshree Sarathy, Jonathan Zittrain
{"title":"‘Time Capsule’ Archiving through Strong Dark Archives (SDA): Designing Trustable Distributed Archives for Sensitive Materials","authors":"John Bowers, J. Cushman, Jayshree Sarathy, Jonathan Zittrain","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2022.2110552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2022.2110552","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Archivists regularly contend with a wide range of security threats, including data breaches, inadvertent loss, and legal action by those hoping to make sealed records public. These threats are particularly salient when sensitive materials are donated with delayed-release conditions. Trust in archivists’ ability to enforce such conditions gives donors the confidence to enter into the historical record materials that they might otherwise destroy. But as these materials are increasingly born-digital (and therefore hackable, convenient to exfiltrate en masse, and more easily corrupted), and as governments and private parties become ever more aggressive in their efforts to secure early releases, we must innovate in order to stand still. To compensate for these new dynamics, we propose Strong Dark Archives (SDA), a blended legal and technical protocol for securing delayed-released archival materials among a network of libraries. SDA leverages modern cryptography and institutional agreements to coordinate access-control across multiple accredited archival organizations, providing broad resilience to data breaches, technical failures, and legal process. Through this distributed approach to security, SDA imposes meaningful friction on efforts to force the early disclosure of archival records.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"147 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44694539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Matter of Trust: Practical Strategies for Writing User-Centered, Values-Driven Description","authors":"Carrie Hintz, S. Quigley","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2020.1806615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2020.1806615","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An archives’ descriptive practices have a significant impact on researchers' ability to find, use, and understand records. Archivists do not fully utilize the descriptive fields that DACS and other standards provide to explain how and why a collections are acquired and the interventions archivists make in collections. However, this information can be critical to a researcher's analysis. This paper makes a case for archival description that is rooted in values of transparency and accountability, and provides a concrete examples of how one institution rewrote its description policies to codify and formalize transparency and accountability as key drivers of their descriptive program.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"17 1","pages":"209 - 226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2020.1806615","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43661287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Archives at the Tip of Their Fingers: Exploring User Reactions to Large-Scale Digitization","authors":"Emily Lapworth, Su Kim Chung","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2021.1951022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2021.1951022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract 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.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2021.1951022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46761684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archival Management in Kazakhstan: Yesterday and Today","authors":"G. Seksenbayeva, T. Makanbaev","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2021.1992207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2021.1992207","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The twentieth century turned out to be the most eventful for the history of archiving, and for the history of Kazakhstan as a whole. This has profoundly affected all aspects of the state, political, social, economic and cultural life. Wars, revolutions, changes in the political system, the restoration and collapse of the USSR - this is how the twentieth century began and ended. This article is an attempt to understand the course and certain feature of the long-term archival process in Kazakhstan. The entire history of archives of the Soviet period is closely intertwined with the history of the political system of the state. The history of archives is related to the monopoly rule of one-party ideology, with administrative pressure in the spiritual sphere of man, including pressure over archives. A new milestone in the development of archiving took place after the collapse of the USSR, so the archive system became independent. Independent Kazakhstan has carried out a number of reforms to democratize archival activities. As a result of these changes, a new archive management system was formed. Archives become part of the country’s cultural heritage. The article focuses on identifying the leading trends in the formation of archives and key problems in the domestic archival science. Less attention is paid to the history of individual archives, since in general this is fully reflected in monographs, textbooks and numerous articles of Kazakhstani authors.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"63 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48721543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Slightly prepared:” A survey of how archival professionals develop management skills","authors":"K. Flynn","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2021.1992208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2021.1992208","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study discusses the results of a 2020 survey of 60 archival professionals focused on how archivists and special collections librarians develop their management skills. The study found that although most respondents reported feeling moderately confident about their management skills, most felt that their graduate archival or library education had “slightly prepared” them for the managerial duties of their current position. Rather than learning management skills through their MLIS programs, respondents acquired theses skills largely through professional development opportunities offered by the workplace.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"77 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45076664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recollecting the Archives of Artist and Monuments Man Lewis Stanton Williams","authors":"Eric J. Saxon, Sarah A. Buchanan","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2021.1962139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2021.1962139","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In conducting original research for a graduate archival studies course, the paintings of Monuments Man Lewis Stanton Williams (1893–1970) emerged as an important archival collection that would require distance-adapted practices, professional altruism between archival and museum domains, and personal collaboration to provide access. Though incomplete information complicated an initial factual investigation launched in the classroom, people worked together to combine essential pieces of data and expand public awareness of Williams’s material legacy. We describe how centering the ongoing archival, museum, family, and community collaboration in Williams’s hometown will continue to welcome diverse contributions in celebrating that community’s place in history.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"37 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2021.1962139","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47542585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does India move toward open access of publications?","authors":"N. Barik, Puspanjali Jena","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2021.1992203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2021.1992203","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study discusses the background of open access publications in India and throws lights on various government and organizational initiatives publishing open access journals in the country. Scopus have been referred to retrieve the research publications of India published in Open Access Journals. The study has found a miserable percentage of publications contributed from India. Out of 22,32,811 Indian publications indexed in Scopus only 2,90,152 (12.00%) publications are published in open access journals. As per the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), India has registered a total of 286 Open Access Journals to the DAOJ as of 31st March 2020. The contribution of India to open access journals in the world is only 1.97%. Further, the study has discussed on various government and private open access journals initiatives, leading funders promoting to OA journals, prominent authors contributing to it, and identify the major areas on which open access publications are growing. The study will be handy for the new researchers thinking for publishing their research in open access journals.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"18 1","pages":"51 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44407862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preserving Radio Broadcasts: Thoughts on Future Directions","authors":"David Seubert","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2020.1769998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2020.1769998","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The preservation of radio broadcast archives faces an uphill battle related to multiple issues, including appraisal, assessing uniqueness, format obsolescence and media degradation, and lack of institutional infrastructure. Some solutions are offered.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"17 1","pages":"13 - 18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2020.1769998","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49599774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Radio Spectrum Archive: A New Approach to Radio History and Preservation","authors":"Patrick Feaster, Shawn VanCour, T. Witherspoon","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2020.1769999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2020.1769999","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While traditional radio recordings are limited to individual broadcasts transmitted over a single channel, spectrum recordings capture all signals received by an antenna simultaneously, using software that allows users to navigate and play back captured channels. The Radio Spectrum Archive (RSA) has acquired and preserved recordings from the 1980s to present, which are now publicly available through an arrangement with the Internet Archive. Using the RSA as its case study, this paper provides a brief history of spectrum recording, delineates key differences between spectrum recordings and traditional radio recordings, and identifies technical, administrative, and procedural challenges impacting future preservation and access.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"17 1","pages":"144 - 160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2020.1769999","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41785661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Listening to Our Collections: Preserving Records of University-Based Educational Radio Stations in Campus Archives","authors":"E. A. Moore, Rebecca Toov","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2020.1754707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2020.1754707","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract University-based educational stations transmitted programing to local audiences throughout the U.S. Surviving records remain in the custody of university archives but remain unavailable due to the complicated nature of radio collections and their audio components, placing them at risk of loss. Using the University of Minnesota station KUOM as a case study, this paper documents archivist successful advocacy for the processing and preservation of historical radio materials. The authors offer reflections on broader strategies that archivists may employ to help process and digitize materials documenting the history of university-based radio within their collections.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"17 1","pages":"38 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2020.1754707","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45776259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}