Empirical research on archivists’ skills and knowledge needs in Chinese archival education

Li, Haitao; Song, Liguo

doi:10.1007/s10502-012-9183-4

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“…However, the authors also point out that the archival education in China emphasizes theory rather than practical skills, and the absence of professional archival certification has resulted in the inadequate qualification of archivists. Moreover, due to the expansion of student enrollment and the shortening of the curriculum, “the quality of entrants and of master's dissertations have suffered.” Li and Song (2012) also agree that in China, the archivists' skills and knowledge might not meet user needs. They suggest redesigning the curriculum, such as adding information courses as well as vocational literacy development programs.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Moreover, due to the expansion of student enrollment and the shortening of the curriculum, "the quality of entrants and of master's dissertations have suffered." Li and Song (2012) also agree that in China, the archivists' skills and knowledge might not meet user needs. They suggest redesigning the curriculum, such as adding information courses as well as vocational literacy development programs.…”

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A worldwide quantitative review of the iSchools' archival education

Chiu

2021

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PurposeArchival studies have long been a critical part of information education around the world. This paper attempts to provide a worldwide overview of archival education among main information schools worldwide and find out their similarity and differences to suggest measures for the development of archival education.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative research is conducted including ten elements of the iSchools' archival education which are (1) geographical distribution, (2) names of degrees, (3) names of concentration/specialization, (4) names of academic units offering the programs, (5) levels of academic units offering the programs, (6) study mode, (7) credit requirement for program completion, (8) percentage of required credits, (9) capstone requirements and (10) other accreditations. Programs among different regions are compared.FindingsThe study found that 43 out of 96 iSchool members from 13 countries/regions offer a total of 45 master's level archival education, and most of them are from North America. Both similarities and differences among the schools are identified and discussed.Practical implicationsThis study’s findings suggest that iSchools may explore the possibility of organizing more conferences and forums to exchange ideas on archival studies and education issues. The iSchool community could contribute to this traditional field by attracting more members worldwide and cooperating with other accreditation organizations of archival education.Originality/valueMost research on archival education focuses on just regional or country-based issues, and scant research explores a global view.

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A worldwide quantitative review of the iSchools' archival education

Chiu

2021

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“…13 Haitao Li and Linlin Song adopted a similar focus in their 2009 empirical research study on archival skills, from the dual perspectives of practitioners and scholars in China. 14 A 1998-1999 survey administered to graduates of sixteen archival programs yielded a "large and comprehensive set of baseline data," which focused on such measures as age, residency status, time-to-degree, and professional participation. Elizabeth Yakel found that many archivists were thirty or younger at the time of graduation and had selected archives as a first career; and, while most were employed by colleges and universities, almost one in two history program graduates entered the governmental sector.…”

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Surveying Archivists and Their Work toward Advocacy and Management, or “Enterprise Archiving”

Buchanan¹,

Gruning²,

Gursoy³

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The American Archivist

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Archivists ensure preservation of and access to permanently valuable records in the course of their everyday work. We present results from a spring 2014 survey that sought to gather data on the work archivists do, competencies required for this work, and archivists' recommendations for graduate curricula in archival studies. Our research questions sought to measure or describe a) the nature of everyday archival work, b) the frequency of specific interactive and materials-based tasks, c) the greatest challenges of the archivist's work, and d) recommendations for further emphasis in graduate archival education. We targeted the survey strategically to professional archivists as well as to graduates of a master's program in information studies and obtained 490 responses. Much of the communication that archivists must do is "enterprise archiving," which centers around advocating for the value of well-managed archives. Recognizing prior efforts to raise awareness of professional demographics and skills used on the job, we present our work as a continuation of initiatives aiming to transform data gathered about our activities and competencies into broader public support for archives and archivists.

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“…As Ferreira (2003: 43) states, 'communication, information science, computing and information management are areas that accompany each other'. These professionals can work in any sector of activity (Li and Song, 2012). Archives, libraries and documentation and information centres, as well as information and computer systems, are absolutely essential for spreading the information processed in sector knowledge, according to what is wanted (Huiling, 2005).…”

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“…Therefore, the justification for approaching this organizational phenomenon is related to the dearth of studies (Li and Song, 2012;Wang and Shen, 2009;Yan, 2008) focusing on the dynamics, the privileged position, of archive professionals for intrapreneurship, but also the importance of the archive in society. Indeed, in a 21st century of major technological, social and professional transformations and the emergence of a knowledge economy, it is urgent to situate archivists in this paradigm.…”

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Intrapreneurship practices in municipal archives: A practice-oriented study

Franco

Pinto

2016

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the archivist and all the professionals dealing with the municipal archives can be intrapreneurs in the organization where they perform duties, through their creativity, better services, using their personal involvement and ingenuity in creating products or new services. The results obtained, based on a quantitative approach with the data-collecting instrument of a questionnaire sent to a sample of 311 Portuguese municipal archives, showed evidence of a gradual change in work mentality and in archive and archivists’ procedures, noting a certain awakening to the practice of intrapreneurship. In identifying the main practices stimulating intrapreneurship in the archives studied, it was possible to identify some explanatory dimensions (factors) of this phenomenon: (1) autonomy, pro-activeness, creation of products and climate, (2) orientation towards goals, competence and risk, (3) market, social and decision, (4) functionality and status, and (5) reward and competitiveness. This study is seen as being of the greatest importance, due to the information and knowledge society becoming increasingly important for the economy, especially following one of the most serious crises in Portugal’s history. It was therefore necessary to find out to what extent these information professionals are intrapreneurs within their archives, taking advantage of existing resources but also of their wisdom and competences in its service.

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Empirical research on archivists’ skills and knowledge needs in Chinese archival education

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A worldwide quantitative review of the iSchools' archival education

A worldwide quantitative review of the iSchools' archival education

Surveying Archivists and Their Work toward Advocacy and Management, or “Enterprise Archiving”

Intrapreneurship practices in municipal archives: A practice-oriented study

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