The Emergence of the Collective Collection: Analyzing Aggregate Print Library Holdings

12 December 2013

Lorcan Dempsey

Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a System-wide Perspective on Library Print Collections

12 December 2013

Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Roger C. Schonfeld, JD Shipengrover, +

’I always stick with the first thing that comes up on Google…’ Where People Go for Information, What They Use, and Why

6 December 2013

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Donna M. Lanclos, Erin M. Hood

Starting the Conversation: University-wide Research Data Management Policy

5 December 2013

Ricky Erway

The Role of Data Reuse in the Apprenticeship Process

5 November 2013

Adam Kriesberg, Rebecca D. Frank, Ixchel M. Faniel, Elizabeth Yakel

Thresholds for Discovery: EAD Tag Analysis in ArchiveGrid, and Implications for Discovery Systems

14 October 2013

Marc Bron, Merrilee Proffitt, Bruce Washburn

The paper analyzes a large collection of over 120,000 Encoded Archival Description (EAD) documents within the ArchiveGrid discovery system. It evaluates how well these documents support online discovery and establishes criteria for completeness and consistency. The study reveals that while the EAD standard and encoding practices have limitations for comprehensive online discovery, emerging trends, such as updates to the EAD standard and the use of new encoding tools, offer promising improvements for the future.

VIAFbot and the Integration of Library Data on Wikipedia

14 October 2013

Maximillian Klein, Alex Kyrios

Not Scotch, but Rum: The Scope and Diffusion of the Scottish Presence in the Published Record

17 September 2013

Brian Lavoie

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Users: Summary and Case Studies

26 August 2013

Jeffrey Mixter, Eric R. Childress

This report explores the real-world use and implementation of FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a simplified subject metadata schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The study focuses on understanding who uses FAST, how it's applied, and in what types of systems or workflows.

Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users

16 August 2013

Bruce Washburn, Ellen Eckert, Merrilee Proffitt

This report details findings from a survey of users of archives to learn more about how researchers find out about systems like ArchiveGrid, and the role that social media, recommendations, reviews, and other forms of user-contributed annotation play in archival research. It will be of interest to those working with archival discovery services, or those investigating the utility of social media in discovery environments.