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Main Authors: Washburn, Bruce, Eckert, Ellen, Proffitt, Merrilee
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED564812
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author Washburn, Bruce
Eckert, Ellen
Proffitt, Merrilee
author_facet Washburn, Bruce
Eckert, Ellen
Proffitt, Merrilee
Washburn, Bruce
Eckert, Ellen
Proffitt, Merrilee
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contents Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users Washburn, Bruce Eckert, Ellen Proffitt, Merrilee Social Media Archives Use Studies Surveys Notetaking College Faculty Graduate Students Genealogy Information Transfer Information Dissemination Sharing Behavior Foreign Countries Information Seeking Research Methodology Research Utilization Information Sources Credibility Expertise Scholarship Researchers Web Sites User Needs (Information) Users (Information) In April and May of 2012, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Research conducted a survey of users of archives to learn more about their habits and preferences. In particular, they focused on the roles that social media, recommendations, reviews, and other forms of user-contributed annotation play in archival research. OCLC surveyed faculty, graduate students, and genealogists across North America and a few in the United Kingdom. Data collected from 695 respondents who completed the survey broadened our knowledge of who uses archives and special collections for research. OCLC also learned how users communicate and share information about systems like OCLC Research's ArchiveGrid, and about the relative importance of social media tools in an archival discovery environment. The following are presented in this report: (1) Survey Methodology; (2) The Role of Social Media in Archival Research; and (3) Key Findings. The following are appended: (1) Survey Questions, Summary of Responses, and Notes; (2) Understanding Special Collections Survey Instrument; (3) About ArchiveGrid; and (4) Survey in Context: Prior User and Usability Studies.
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spellingShingle Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users
Washburn, Bruce
Eckert, Ellen
Proffitt, Merrilee
Social Media
Archives
Use Studies
Surveys
Notetaking
College Faculty
Graduate Students
Genealogy
Information Transfer
Information Dissemination
Sharing Behavior
Foreign Countries
Information Seeking
Research Methodology
Research Utilization
Information Sources
Credibility
Expertise
Scholarship
Researchers
Web Sites
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users Washburn, Bruce Eckert, Ellen Proffitt, Merrilee Social Media Archives Use Studies Surveys Notetaking College Faculty Graduate Students Genealogy Information Transfer Information Dissemination Sharing Behavior Foreign Countries Information Seeking Research Methodology Research Utilization Information Sources Credibility Expertise Scholarship Researchers Web Sites User Needs (Information) Users (Information) In April and May of 2012, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Research conducted a survey of users of archives to learn more about their habits and preferences. In particular, they focused on the roles that social media, recommendations, reviews, and other forms of user-contributed annotation play in archival research. OCLC surveyed faculty, graduate students, and genealogists across North America and a few in the United Kingdom. Data collected from 695 respondents who completed the survey broadened our knowledge of who uses archives and special collections for research. OCLC also learned how users communicate and share information about systems like OCLC Research's ArchiveGrid, and about the relative importance of social media tools in an archival discovery environment. The following are presented in this report: (1) Survey Methodology; (2) The Role of Social Media in Archival Research; and (3) Key Findings. The following are appended: (1) Survey Questions, Summary of Responses, and Notes; (2) Understanding Special Collections Survey Instrument; (3) About ArchiveGrid; and (4) Survey in Context: Prior User and Usability Studies.
title Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users
topic Social Media
Archives
Use Studies
Surveys
Notetaking
College Faculty
Graduate Students
Genealogy
Information Transfer
Information Dissemination
Sharing Behavior
Foreign Countries
Information Seeking
Research Methodology
Research Utilization
Information Sources
Credibility
Expertise
Scholarship
Researchers
Web Sites
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED564812