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Utilizing user studies in archival appraisal practice: feasibility, value, and benefits

Utilizing user studies in archival appraisal practice: feasibility, value, and benefits This study is the first to explore empirically the relationship between appraisal practice and user studies. It investigated the current utilization of user studies in U.S. state archives and records management programs and explored participants’ attitudes toward these practices. This study used all these findings to consider the potential relationship between appraisal practice and user studies. Data were collected by an online survey and in-person and phone interviews, and it was analyzed by SPSS software and NVivo8 software. Only seven programs utilized results of user studies in their appraisal practice, and then only irregularly and unsystematically. Nevertheless, this study identified reasons that the relationship between appraisal practice and user studies is likely to continue developing. This paper concludes by giving some recommendations for state appraisal staff members who want to utilize user studies in their appraisal practice. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archival Science Springer Journals

Utilizing user studies in archival appraisal practice: feasibility, value, and benefits

Rhee, Hea
Archival Science , Volume 17 (2) – Oct 19, 2016
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Cultural and Media Studies; Library Science; Organization; Information Storage and Retrieval; Anthropology; Cultural Heritage; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities
ISSN
1389-0166
eISSN
1573-7519
DOI
10.1007/s10502-016-9270-z
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Abstract

This study is the first to explore empirically the relationship between appraisal practice and user studies. It investigated the current utilization of user studies in U.S. state archives and records management programs and explored participants’ attitudes toward these practices. This study used all these findings to consider the potential relationship between appraisal practice and user studies. Data were collected by an online survey and in-person and phone interviews, and it was analyzed by SPSS software and NVivo8 software. Only seven programs utilized results of user studies in their appraisal practice, and then only irregularly and unsystematically. Nevertheless, this study identified reasons that the relationship between appraisal practice and user studies is likely to continue developing. This paper concludes by giving some recommendations for state appraisal staff members who want to utilize user studies in their appraisal practice.

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Archival Science – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 19, 2016

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