Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-26-2021
Publication Title
Journal of Archival Organization
Publisher
Routledge
First page number:
1
Last page number:
55
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.
Keywords
Archives; Special collections; Digital collections; Large-scale digitization; Digital surrogates; Users
Disciplines
Archival Science | Library and Information Science
File Format
File Size
3808 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Lapworth, E.,
Chung, S.
(2021).
The Archives at the Tip of Their Fingers: Exploring User Reactions to Large-Scale Digitization.
Journal of Archival Organization
1-55.
Routledge.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/721