Institutional archives at Urban North American Universities: An assessment of current practices

Dole, Wanda V.; Hill, J. B.

doi:10.1109/ettlis.2015.7048209

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“…inadequate or even non-existent file backup strategy), the lack of professional manpower with decent information technology skills and the lack of unified approach for electronic document archiving and management. By the same token, Dole and Hill (2015) go ahead with an in-depth examination to understand how UA management is elaborated in urban North American universities. Their quantitative survey results contribute to identifying documents that need to be collected whilst trying to understand the applied managerial strategies to UA material.…”

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“…This could help the forthcoming researchers to use these tools for: Understanding the management practices that have been developed and applied within a UA (Bauer and Bunde, 2020; Cui and Ma, 2016; Kim and Lee, 2009). Identifying documents that need to be digitized through the development of a prioritization strategy (Dole and Hill, 2015; Bantin and Agne, 2010). Understanding archivists’ practices and their background whilst setting frameworks for their training (Lu, 2019; Kim and Lee, 2009).…”

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“…Identifying documents that need to be digitized through the development of a prioritization strategy (Dole and Hill, 2015; Bantin and Agne, 2010).…”

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“…Identifying documents that need to be digitized through the development of a prioritization strategy (Dole and Hill, 2015;Bantin and Agne, 2010). Understanding archivists' practices and their background whilst setting frameworks for their training (Lu, 2019;Kim and Lee, 2009).…”

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University archives: the research road travelled and the one ahead

Chrysanthopoulos

Drivas

Kouis

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Purpose University archives (UA) are the bridge between the past and the present and serve as a beacon for highlighting the contribution of academic institutions to society. Although the UA topic was introduced and formalized in the 1950s, the scientific research interest has increased significantly in the past two decades. This paper aims to provide insights into the UA research topic during the previous 15 years. Design/methodology/approach The combination of two well-established methods for performing literature review was deployed, aiming to identify, select and assess the research documents. Based on the selection criteria, 49 documents presenting research efforts around the UA topic were finally examined from the Scopus citation index. The selected studies have been classified into three main topics: strategic management of UA and the derived challenges, the educational contribution of UA and the strategic information systems for UA. Findings Some of the main findings are the lack of well-defined administrative policies, the low level of awareness and archival consciousness within the universities, the inadequacy of university archivists’ educational and training background, the need to use UA for building relationships with alumni and society, and finally, the need for metadata standardization by the UA management systems. Originality/value As a literature review around UA has not been conducted before, the reader will gain insights into the methods and research designs that other scholars had already applied to designate useful findings and results.

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“…Identifying documents that need to be digitized through the development of a prioritization strategy (Dole and Hill, 2015; Bantin and Agne, 2010).…”

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Assessment of university archives management practices

Bajwa,

Rafiq

2023

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Purpose Archives and records are important resources for individuals, organizations and the country. The academic archives are created and maintained for the effective execution of university educational and corporate functions. The archives management practices in universities are being studied in the developed countries; however, a scarcity of empirical research is observed in the context of developing countries, for instance, Pakistan. Thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the archives management practices performed in the archival units of University of the Punjab (UoP), Lahore, in association with the successful execution of university educational functions. Design/methodology/approach A structured survey questionnaire was developed to collect responses from the record-keepers and archives monitoring staff using a complete enumerative (census) approach. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS 23.0 in addition to structural equation modeling (SEM) run in AMOS 22v. Findings The findings of this study revealed an inconsistency regarding the policies and procedures, arrangement and filing records and access and retrieval due to the practice of self-developed procedures in the UoP archival units. Although archives management practices have significant impact on university academic as well as research-related functions, however, there is lack of centralized and standardized practices for archiving records in the UoP. Lack of professional/trained staff and policy document are key limitations in building systematic and standardized archives management system in academic intuitions, particularly in the UoP. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study in Pakistan that has explored archives management practices used in university archives. It also contributes theoretically and methodologically through the underpinnings of archival principles in association with university functions and developing a validated scale to explore archives management practices in universities. The findings of this study may be helpful for the concerned bodies, university administrations and archives managers to establish, manage and improve the academic archives systematically.

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Institutional archives at Urban North American Universities: An assessment of current practices

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University archives: the research road travelled and the one ahead

University archives: the research road travelled and the one ahead

Assessment of university archives management practices

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