The open source movement has grown steadily and matured in recent years, and this
growth has been mirrored by a rise in open source related research. The objective of this …

User perspective and user studies have received noticeably little practical attention in
archives and archival science. The purpose of this article is to address the issues of …

What does it mean to claim that one record, one archival object, is identical to another?
Questions of identity (or 'sameness') often arise in the fields of digital preservation, imaging …

Market segmentation is an established technique in commercial marketing. It can be used by
archivists and records managers to help them gain a wider understanding of their users …

This thesis charts a course through an emerging landscape of online user participation in
archives, focusing upon user involvement at the point of practice known to professional …

Description is both a process and a product. It is widely recognized as a critical element in
the control of archival records, but many of its aspects, including its precise roles and …

This chapter is a lightly revised and updated version of the essay entitled “Debates about
Description” that appeared in the first edition of this book. Like its precursor, it reviews …

The preservation of records and archives is similar to—yet distinct from—the preservation of
other forms of cultural heritage. Libraries and museums are generally only collecting …

This paper describes the implementation of a profile of the Search/Retrieve URL protocol for
searching EAC-CPF repositories. This implementation gives archivists access to remote …

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jag rikta ett innerligt tack till mina båda handledare Erik Borglund och Göran Samuelsson …