Ethics in Archives: How Special Collections Protects Your Privacy
Archives
This online journal is informing towards understanding ethics in archives. The journal goes into the importance and process that archivists go through to respecting data in already existing collections. Privacy plays a grand part in ethics especially since it is the focus of maintaining collections private information. Without this sort of etiquette in archives there would be accessed data that would not be protected which allows for threats to cross over and cause problems. Yet the journal goes into demonstrating that each institution has different interpretations of ethics in their collections. Jessica Serrao presents this information through this known process in special collections through her own experience. The process is a constant reminder of what it takes to maintain and protect security data in collections. It is explained thoroughly by explaining the importance of each document that is viewed as containing valuable information. It is important for documents to go through this process so they can be removed or kept in the collections. The journal also summarizes The Richardson Papers Case where a professor’s files contained valuable students’ private information that were at risk of exposure.
Privacy is a crucial topic that is constantly ignored in Ethics. Ethics does not limit the privacy of historical or present records, which should be concerning since it allows personal information in collections to be accessed.
Jessica L. Serrao
Online Journal
2017-07-07
Janet Jaimes
Archiving
Archives
“Archiving” by Digital Writing and Research Lab is a family-friendly podcast episode released and published March 18th, 2014. In this episode of the archive the host, Megan Eatman, speaks to members of the Digital Writing and Research Lab’s Digital Archiving group alongside co-chair Rappaport’s Center’s Human Rights Archive Working Group. They discuss their various approaches and struggles when it comes to the world of digital archiving. The episode typically focuses on the challenges of having to build an entire digital archiving website from scratch and their struggles with making sure they are gathering the necessary different forms of media that are seen as necessary for creating an authentic and efficient digital archiving platform. This episode of this podcast is a great addition to the archiving website because you hear first hand experiences of experts in the field of archiving go into details on the struggles they face that are typical struggles that most of us will most likely have to deal with in the realm of digital archiving. Not only do they speak about their own personal experiences, they give advice to others through a variety of given questions submitted by listeners who plan on being involved.
Digital Writing and Research Lab
2014-03-18
Clara Pulido, Jacquelyn Curtin, Truc Duong
podcast_zeugma_archiving_1000280229049
Best Practice Guidelines for Digital Collections
Curation
The "Best Practice Guidelines for Digital Collections" provides the essential, critical standards that all digital librarians, archivists and scholars should implement when designing a digital collection. The article also includes guidelines for adapting the standards according to the unique collections and mission of the archiving institution.
The article introduces best practices for developing selection criteria and for determining the personnel and technical resources required to secure and maintain the collection. Following an in-depth review of copyright issues, the article discusses the necessary elements and work-flow of a digital collections project. These elements include: metadata, quality control procedures, usability testing, web design, and technical specifications for media types and encoding.
Schreibman, S.
Carignan, Y.
Evander, J.
Gueguen, G.
Hanlon, A.
Murray, K.
Roper, J.
Ross, T.
University of Maryland Libraries
2007-05-04
Polk, Victoria
Journal Article
http://ourdigitalworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DigitizationBestPractices_Schreibman.pdf
Bringing User-Centered Design to the Field of Language Archives
Curation
Within this academic journal, Wasson et al provides the reader with both research and findings from their self-conducted workshop that sparks conversation between “fields of user-centered design (UCD) and language archives” (Wasson et al). Within the article itself, there is emphasis on the challenges of digital archiving in regard to language archiving, navigating cultural practices, and then using the understanding of these concepts to make informed archive design decisions. These concepts all arise within their workshop, “User-Centered Design of Language Archives.” Specifically, a very important discovery that is made within the workshop is how, “most language archives are not meeting the needs of most users” (Wasson et al).
I found the information within this article and, further, within their study, to be extremely informative of and pertinent to the study of digital archiving and the challenges that arise from the format of language. The focus on the user and user-based design is a step towards personalizing and adapting existing archives while also setting a new standard for language archives. As mentioned prior, this study not only analyzed existing archives, but it also uncovered flaws within the archiving practice. This showcases the relevancy and need for this study and I believe it also warrants the inclusion of such an item within the showcase.
Wasson, Christina
Holton, Gary
Roth, Heather S.
University of Hawaii Press
2016-11-16
Meagan Roge
Online Journal
ISSN: 1934-5275
Content Strategy for the Web 2nd Edition
Digital Humanities
Halvorson writes about a new position in the job market called content strategist. Content strategists’ role description is hard to pin point and define because it depends on the circumstances and the organization they work for. They are more than just editors and writers, but they are in charge of sending forth the message or rhetoric. If you focus the two words individually, then you will get that content means what the users/audience will come across and the information relies upon someone’s ethics or credibility. The word strategist means someone skilled in executing an objective through methods and guided decisions. They need to be a leader in a collaborative environment or project. Halvorson provides advice on how to make your business better, especially including a content strategist. Halvorson provides the concept “Do Less, Not More,” which focuses on two objectives: supports a key business objective and fulfills your users’ needs.
Halvorson, Kristina; Rach, Melissa
New Riders
Ortiz, Samuel
Book
ISBN: 0132883244, 9780132883245
Digital Curation: Learning and Legacy in Later Life
Pedagogy
The world population is ageing. In the UK alone, it is projected that by 2035 those aged 65 and over will account for 23 per cent of the total population whilst the number of people aged 85 and over will account for 5 per cent of the total population. At the same time, the digital transformations of the last few decades are leaving behind many older adults who, for reasons ranging from accessibility issues to work biographies to personal preference, are less likely to engage with digital technologies. Research undertaken in this area to date has largely been policy led and concerned with providing hardware access and basic skills
Manchester, Helen
SAGE Publications
2016
Johnson, Richard
Web
Discovering the Present, Preserving the Past: The Development of a Digital Archive at the University of Maryland
Curation
This journal article dissects the experiences and professional lessons absorbed through the development and planning of the University of Maryland Archive, implemented by the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) at the University of Maryland. It delves into the archive’s historical background, beginning from the decisions made by the executive director of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library to commit staff and university resources to the creation and expansion of a digital repository purposed for the collection, preservation, and distribution of the university’s academic works, which included research reports, newsletters, meeting presentations, posters, among other visual and textual records. The article includes a developed project timeline with accompanying deliverables set in accordance to the goals and objectives of the project. It explores the technology implemented to achieve the maximum user appeal and functionality, reviewing institutional repository websites and actively seeking user feedback. Banners, attachments, and other visual customizations were incorporated into the archive by the project team, as well as auto-complete features for basic searches and advanced search options to augment user experience and commodity. It also documents the process of metadata management, digitization, licensing, and the development of a budget for its costs and the inclusion of additional staff for its upkeep.
Lin, Na and Hinegardner, Patricia G.
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, Taylor & Francis Online
2012-11-29
Taveras, Sabrina
Journal Article
ISSN: 1542-4065 (Print) 1542-4073 (Online)
Functionalities of Web Archives
Web archiving
The functionalities that are important to the users of web archives range from basic searching and browsing to advanced personalized and customized services, data mining, and website reconstruction. The author examined ten of the most established English language web archives to determine which functionalities each of the archives supported, and how they compared.
A functionality checklist was designed, based on use cases created by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC), and the findings of two related user studies. The functionality review was conducted, along with a comprehensive literature review of web archiving methods, in preparation for the development of a web archiving course for Library and Information School students. This paper describes the functionalities used in the checklist, the extent to which those functionalities are implemented by the various archives, and discusses the author's findings.
Niu, Jinfang
D-Lib Magazine
2012-03
Polk, Victoria
2012 Jinfang Niu
Online Journal
http://dlib.org/dlib/march12/niu/03niu2.html
Hacking the Field: Teaching Digital Humanities with Off-the-Shelf Tools
Pedagogy
This article is concerned with how access to free and open-source software—as well as tools that can be purchased, downloaded, and/or accessed directly online—enable classroom engagement with digital humanities scholarship. Detailing the alternate approach to education implemented by the City University of New York, the author uses this as a case study to examine the importance of access, collaboration, and methodology to digital humanities research and scholarship.
Klein, Lauren
Penn State University Press
2011
Wolf, Casey
Journal Article
Making the Most of Digital Collections through Training and Outreach: The Innovative Librarian’s Guide
Pedagogy
Nicholas Tanzi wrote a book to assist librarians on how to teach others to use the digital repositories and digital materials in the libraries database. Much like UCF’s library, most libraries have their entire collection online where you can request a book if you want to. Libraries also have a purely digital collection where the originals are too old and fragile to be held or used, so a digital form is a better option unless you specifically need the original. Besides the physical change of the libraries and archives, people have to adapt to a digital age as well. Tanzi found that librarians were having difficulty teaching their visitors on how to use the digital archives and search engine as they didn’t understand it themselves. Tanzi provides easy terms and ways to use with visitors so that the process doesn’t get confusing. Another aspect that Tanzi focuses on is how to help visitors who had a bad experience prior. This can be an issue because this can make visitors unwilling to adapt, so creating a good experience for every visitor is crucial.
Tanzi’s book provides a teaching strategy to use for everyday people who come into the library looking for a book, movie, audio clip, etc. It’s important to assist our community in adapting to a digital age
Nicholas Tanzi
Libraries Unlimited
2016
Abbygail Dees
Book
SBN: 978-1440840722