Subject guides for archives - Eva Guggemos
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Subject Guides for ArchivesEva Guggemos
"The Metadata is the Interface"-Jennifer Schaffner, OCLC Research (2009)
• Most people start their research with Google• Most people look at finding aids without
encountering the archivist or even the home page of the archive for help
• Most people want to search by topical keywords -- not by provenance or format of material
Aboutness
How do we help novices become
adepts?
http://guides.library.yale.edu/europeanhistory
http://pacificu.libguides.com/archives
"What are archives exactly?"
(good question!)
"I'm looking at the finding aid..."
(and I am still confused about what I am looking at)
"I only found one item on my topic."
(I wonder if I'm searching for the right thing?)
• What are archives?• How they are usually arranged/described• How to put together a good search• Where to search (the annotated bibliography)• How to get access once you've found something
Included:
• Take advantage of its modularity: re-use and share what you make
• For best results, be prepared to do some light coding and Photoshopping
• Simplify your advice down to the essentials
Some advice on the LibGuides platform: