Facts and Frameworks: An Approach to Studying the Users of Archives
dc.contributor.author | Conway, Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-18T00:06:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-18T00:06:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | American Archivist, vol. 49, no. 4, 1986, pp. 393-407 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85217> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0361-9081 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85217 | |
dc.description.abstract | The continuing reluctance of the archival profession to develop a better understanding of users seems less a problem of will than a problem of method. The framework presented here is a first attempt to structure a comprehensive program of user studies. Built on definitions of users, information needs, and use, the framework combines the basic elements of information that should be recorded, analyzed, and shared among archivists with a scheme to gather this information. The author illustrates how parts of the framework can be implemented as an ongoing program through the use of a reference log and suggests applications of the framework at the personal, repository, and professional levels. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Bentley Historical Library | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Society of American Archivists | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | User Studies | en_US |
dc.subject | Archives | en_US |
dc.title | Facts and Frameworks: An Approach to Studying the Users of Archives | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Information and Library Science | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Information, School of | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85217/1/J02 Conway Facts and Frameworks 1986.pdf | |
dc.identifier.source | American Archivist | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Information, School of (SI) |
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