8/10/2019 Exploring the Relationship Between Archival Appraisal Practice and User Studies

1/1

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL PRACTICE

AND USER STUDIES: U.S. STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMS

Rhee, Hea Lim (2011) EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL PRACTICE AND USER STUDIES: U.S. STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh

PD! " Primary #e$tRestricte% to University of Pittsburgh users only until &0 'une 201

Do nloa% (1* 1+b) Re-uest a co.y Abstract

#his stu%y is the first to e$.lore em.irically the relationshi. bet een a..raisal .racticean% user stu%ies as ell as the utili/ation of users an% use as an a..raisal factor oth ofthese to.ics have been -uestione% in the archival community for several %eca%es #his

stu%y investigate% the current utili/ation of user stu%ies in U state archives an% recor%smanagement .rograms t use% the fin%ings, along ith .artici.ants34 attitu%es to ar%such .ractices, to consi%er the .otential relationshi. bet een a..raisal .ractice an% userstu%ies 5 .aucity of information on this research to.ic an% on the target .o.ulationnecessitate% three .reliminary stu%ies, con%ucte% from 200 through 2006, hichfacilitate% the %evelo.ment of the survey -uestionnaire an% three intervie .rotocols#hese tools ere teste% in a 2007 .retest stu%y n 2010 the full research stu%y em.loye%an online survey an% in".erson an% .hone intervie s !orty"seven eligible state archivistsan% recor%s managers from thirty"three states .artici.ate%, an% intervie ees involve%t enty"eight .artici.ants from t enty"one states #his full stu%y analy/e% %ata at fourlevels (in%ivi%ual, grou., .rogram, an% state), an% it use% P soft are an% 89ivo6

soft are for %ata analysis 5ccor%ing to the results of this stu%y, the user stu%y is the leastfre-uently utili/e% user:use information source for a..raisal .ractice, even though many .artici.ants consi%er users an% use as an a..raisal factor an% collect user:use informationfrom several %ifferent sources Partici.ants from only seven .rograms utili/e% results ofuser stu%ies in their a..raisal .ractice, an% then only irregularly an% unsystematically

8evertheless, this stu%y in%icates the relationshi. bet een a..raisal .ractice an% userstu%ies is li;ely to continue %evelo.ing for t o broa% reasons !irst, most .artici.antshave .ositive attitu%es to ar% the feasibility an% value of utili/ing user stu%ies in a..raisal

.ractice< .artici.ants ho have %one so .rove% the feasibility an% value econ%,%evelo.ing information technology hel.s con%uct user stu%ies, an% results of this stu%ysho that if a .rogram con%ucts a user stu%y, its results ill .robably be utili/e% in

a..raisal .ractice !in%ings of this stu%y informe% recommen%ations for further research,recommen%ations for archival e%ucation an% training, an% im.lications an%recommen%ations for .ractitioners

018 Lihat Sebelah

SULIT1

http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8233/1/RheeDissertation.pdfhttp://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/restricted.htmlhttp://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/restricted.htmlhttp://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8233/1/RheeDissertation.pdfhttp://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8233/1/RheeDissertation.pdfhttp://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/restricted.html