Disaster planning for digital repositories

This study examines how digital repositories with a preservation mandate are engaging in disaster planning, particularly in relation to their pursuit of trusted digital repository status. For those that are engaging in disaster planning, the study examines the creation of formal disaster response and recovery plans. Findings indicate that the process of going through an audit for certification as a trusted repository provides the incentive needed for the creation of formalized disaster planning documentation, and that repositories struggle with making their documentation available. This study also finds several significant obstacles with regard to the creation of formal disaster planning documentation, including the efforts required to get buy‐in from different functional areas within the organization, difficulty collaborating with the IT department, and the amount of time required for completion of the documentation.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106841/1/14505001058_ftp.pd

Scritti Di Teoria Archivistica Italiana: Rassegna Bibliografica a cura di Isabella Massabò Ricci and Marco Carassi. Rome: Ministero per ibeni e le attivita culturali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, 2000. Writing on Italian Archival Theory: Bibliographical Survey translated by John Fliffe, William Joung, and Paul Metcalfe

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41813/1/10502_2004_Article_359689.pd

Secrets of Success: Identifying Success Factors in Institutional Repositories

4th International Conference on Open RepositoriesThis presentation was part of the session : Conference PresentationsDate: 2009-05-19 08:30 AM – 09:30 AMThere is little agreement on which factors lead to successful institutional repositories. Researchers primarily cite content recruitment and services as key factors; however, there has also been discussion of measuring IR success in terms of how well the IR furthers the overall goals of the library. This paper examines the topic of IRs and success. Our findings are based on a comparative case study of five IRs in colleges and universities. We argue that success should be measured by both internal (e.g., content or services) as well as external factors - how well the IR fulfills or brings the library closer to achieving its long-term goals in terms of service to the academic community.Institute of Museum and Library Service

Archival Representation

This paper defines anddiscusses archival representation and its rolein archival practice. Archival representationrefers to both the processes of arrangement anddescription and is viewed as a fluid, evolving,and socially constructed practice. The paperanalyzes organizational and descriptiveschemas, tools, and systems as a means ofuncovering representational practices. Inconclusion the paper argues that the term'archival representation' more preciselycaptures the actual work of archivists in(re)ordering, interpreting, creatingsurrogates, and designing architectures forrepresentational systems.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41831/1/10502_2004_Article_5139967.pd

Introduction to reference work in the digital age

No abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48700/1/20174_ftp.pd

Data reuse and sensemaking among novice social scientists

We know little about the data reuse practices of novice data users. Yet large scale data reuse over the long term depends in part on uptake from early career researchers. This paper examines 22 novice social science researchers and how they make sense of social science data. Novices are particularly interested in understanding how data: 1) are transformed from qualitative to quantitative data, 2) capture concepts not well‐established in the literature, and 3) can be matched and merged across multiple datasets. We discuss how novice data users make sense of data in these three circumstances. We find that novices seek to understand the data producer's rationale for methodological procedures and measurement choices, which is broadly similar to researchers in other scientific communities. However we also find that they not only reflect on whether they can trust the data producers' decisions, but also seek guidance from members of their disciplinary community. Specifically, novice social science researchers are heavily influenced by more experienced social science researchers when it comes to discovering, evaluating, and justifying their reuse of other's data.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96429/1/14504901068_ftp.pd

Library as Research Lab: New Research Engagement Model for LIS Students and Professionals

We present a research engagement model called “Library as Research Lab,” designed to foster research on library practices while enabling LIS students to hone research skills and librarians to adopt evidence-based practices. By creating three research labs through collaboration between one iSchool and a university library on campus, the program provides unique learning opportunities for master’s students, academic librarians, and faculty to engage in research activities over a full academic year. This paper introduces program activities for the Library as Research Lab project. The results of program evaluation based on data collected from participating students and librarians are also reported

Destruction/reconstruction: preservation of archaeological and zoological research data

Archaeology and zoology are fields in which data collection and analysis involve destruction. In this study we examine the results of 49 interviews with archaeologists and zoologists, focusing on researchers’ discussions of internal or disciplinary norms and external factors affecting their attitudes and actions concerning preservation. We identified two categories of disciplinary practices: data collection and data management/recordkeeping as key to shaping attitudes and activities about preservation. Likewise, we found three external factors: funding, legal requirements, and the status of museums and repositories, influencing attitudes toward preservation. We found while archaeologists and zoologists are uniquely positioned to appreciate the value of data preservation, because data collection in both disciplines involves destruction, they are skeptical about whether preservation is possible, and that these attitudes are influenced by both internal and external factors.This research was made possible by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, LG-06-10-0140-10: Dissemination Information Packages for Information Reuse.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111298/1/Frank_Yakel_Faniel_2015_DestructionReconstruction_A.pdfDescription of Frank_Yakel_Faniel_2015_DestructionReconstruction_A.pdf : Main Articl

Complementary Data as Metadata: Building Context for the Reuse of Video Records of Practice

Data reuse is often dependent on context external to the data. At times, this context is actually additional data that helps data reusers better assess and/or understand the target data upon which they are focused. We refer to these data as complementary data and define these as data external to the target data which could be used as evidence in their own right. In this paper, we specifically we focus on video records of practice in education. Records of practice are a type of data that more broadly document events surrounding teaching and learning. Video records of practice are an interesting case of data reuse as they can be extensive (e.g., days or weeks of video of a classroom), result in large files sizes, and require both metadata and other complementary data in order for reusers to understand the events depicted in the video. Through our mixed methods study, consisting of a survey of data reusers in 4 repositories and 44 in-depth interviews, we identified the types of complementary data that assist reusers of video records of practice for either teaching and/or research. While there were similarities in the types of complementary data identified as important to have when reusing VROP, the rationales and motivations for seeking out particular complementary data differed depending on whether the intended use was for teaching or research. While metadata is an important and valuable means of describing data for reuse, data’s meaning is often constructed through comparison, verification, or elucidation in reference to other data. &nbsp

Facilitating Access to Digital Records of Practice in Education with Technology

Many disciplines are changing their traditional approaches to data, encouraging data producers to share data and enable researchers and practitioners to reuse data to answer new research questions and address educational needs. In response, data repositories have emerged, and the availability of data has increased. Repositories build infrastructure to facilitate data access and provide software tools for reuse. This paper analyzes the reuse of digital records of practice (DROP) in education through the lens of one software tool, Zaption, focusing on DROP reuse by teachers, teacher educators, and individuals involved in professional development activities. Using analytics data from one repository’s Zaption integration from 2012-2016, we found that producers and reusers of DROP preferred an array of rich communication tools over tools that added technical functionalities. The results contribute both to our knowledge of DROP reusers as well as inform repositories about software choices to facilitate reuse.Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-06-14-0122-14)Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147456/1/ELearn_2018_proceedings_FINAL_Deepblue.pd