International employee assistance digital archive: A new knowledge hub

International employee assistance digital archive: A new knowledge hub

Collective Memory

This journal article documents the history and digitization efforts performed and enforced by the International Employee Assistance Digital Archive (EA Archive), housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work (UMSSW). The Employee Assistance Archive adopts the coordinated endeavor to transfer paper-based research documentation to digital platforms that grant its users increased access to vast amounts of content oriented towards social workers, opening its availability at no cost to the user since 2013. With UMSSW’s expansive history of leadership in the field of master’s level social work education, the university focuses on the digitization of large amounts of records and historical documents that previously remained inaccessible for the public before its incorporation into a digital online format. As archivists around the world contribute to greater access to research materials, the EA takes into prominent consideration the indispensable teachings and ideas of other acclaimed archive examples in the implementation of policies and digitization approaches. The article serves as an introduction to the Employee Assistance Archive for readers and authors of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health (JWBH), placing preeminent attention on the encouragement of its readers to take part in the effort and contribute their research as a way to boost public access to more global audiences.

Herlihy, Patricia A.; Frey, Jody Jacobson; Lin, Na; and Khan, Alaina

Haworth Press, Taylor & Francis Online

2020-02-15

Taveras, Sabrina

Journal Article

ISSN: 1555-5240 (Print) 1555-5259 (Online)

Herlihy, Patricia A., Jodi Jacobson Frey, Na Lin, and Alaina Kahn. “International Employee Assistance Digital Archive: A New Knowledge Hub.” Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, February 15, 2020. doi:10.1080/15555240.2020.1724795.