Presentations
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—Archivist focus group interviews and EAD analysis
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research team review findings from focus group interviews with archivists and review overall project recommendations.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—End user survey and interviews
Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) was an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded research and demonstration project with the goal of providing inclusive, comprehensive, and persistent access to descriptions of archival collections, or "finding aids." Members of the OCLC Research NAFAN project shared our findings related to end users—those gleaned from survey data as well as from individual semi-structured interviews.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
NAFAN Building a National Finding Aid Network Research Update
Virtual
Across three presentations, the NAFAN research team shares an update on their work and preliminary research findings from focus groups interviews with archivists and a pop-up survey of archives users. They also discuss research questions, data collection and analysis methods, and efforts to align methods with project values and principles.
Understanding Factors that Shape Archivists’ Needs for a New National Finding Aid Platform
Washington, DC
The authors identify and discuss the opportunities and challenges archivists experience when describing archival materials, sharing archival description on the web, and making decisions about whether or not to participate in current finding aid aggregations.
Topics: User Research, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress: Research to advance the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) project
This webinar will be of interest to library and archive workers, and to those who manage or assess user needs for discovery systems for archival materials.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections