Encoded Archival Description: Are Finding Aids Boundary Spanners or Barriers for Users?

Autor/in	Yakel, Elizabeth
Titel	Encoded Archival Description: Are Finding Aids Boundary Spanners or Barriers for Users?
Quelle	In: Journal of Archival Organization, 2 (2004) 1-2, S.63-77 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-2748
Schlagwörter	Archives; Standards; Coding; Metadata; Access to Information; Information Retrieval; Use Studies; User Needs (Information); Man Machine Systems; Computer Interfaces; Web Sites; Barriers; Jargon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Archivwesen; Archiv; Standard; Codierung; Programmierung; Metadaten; Benutzerschulung; Benutzerbedürfnis; Mensch-Maschine-System; Web-Design
Abstract	The article reports the results of a usability study of an EAD interface. Findings indicate that subjects had trouble understanding archival terminology and how best to search for information in finding aids. Furthermore, they were not familiar with the structure or contents of finding aids. In addition to building interfaces that minimize archival jargon and rely heavily on users' prior understanding of hierarchical finding aids, this study indicates that users require new forms of virtual reference assistance in the online environment. (Contains 4 figures and 22 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10