Context, Subjectivity and Agency: A Study of Findings Aids by Triangle Area North Carolina Archivists
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- February 28, 2019
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Muglia, Caroline O.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- Finding aids are one of many public faces of an archival repository. This paper presents the conclusions of a two-pronged study that investigated the perceptions of special collections archivists who create finding aids. This study addressed three questions: What are common perceptions of the purpose of finding aids among archivists? How does this perception differ from completed finding aids? What does this comparison reveal about the role of archivist as framer of the collection? Findings suggest that some archivists perceive that they strive toward and achieve objectivity in finding aids, but content analysis suggests that subjectivity by contextualization is present. Moreover, archivists are searching for ways to enhance or even replace finding aids in an attempt toward transparency in archival processing and to benefit users.
- Date of publication
- April 2012
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Lee, Christopher
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 63
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- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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