We share what we are: user contributions and annotations in digital contributory archives

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Jones, Joy
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • A contributory archive is one in which individual users may interact with materials through activities like commenting, tagging and sharing, but more importantly they may add content to the collection through uploading items like photos or videos and adding stories and text. This paper examines the community-led contributory archives listed at the website for the UK Community Archives and Heritage Group (www.communityarchives.org.uk), an umbrella organization that provides a central location for community archives, as a case study for expanding our knowledge of user participation in digital archives. This study examines user-generated content in digital community archives including annotations and contributions, the type and frequency of content created, and technical specifications as insight into amateur digital preservation of heritage materials. The information gleaned from this study can be used to assess the effectiveness of community-led projects as a possibility for cultural heritage centers to expand their mission in a participatory platform.
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  • Shaw, Ryan
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  • Master of Science in Library Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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