@article{ART001655702},
author={Seol, Moon-won},
title={Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities},
journal={The Korean Journal of Archival Studies},
issn={1229-7941},
year={2012},
number={32},
pages={3-44},
doi={}
TY - JOUR
AU - Seol, Moon-won
TI - Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities
JO - The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
PY - 2012
VL - null
IS - 32
PB - Korean Society Of Archival Studies
SP - 3
EP - 44
SN - 1229-7941
AB - The purpose of the study is to explore the strategies to build participatory digital archives for documenting localities. Following the introduction of the chapter one, the chapter two deals with categorizing participation types of persons and organizations for documenting localities, analysing characteristics and benefits of each type, and listing up the requirements of participatory archives based on literature reviews.
The chapter three focuses on the analyses of digital archives especially based on the participation of organizations such as collecting institutions and community archives in USA, Canada and UK. The cases of participatory archives are divided into two types; i) digital archives based on archival collections of institutions such as libraries, archives, and museums, ii) digital archives mainly based on various community archives. Online Archives California(OAC’ and Calisphere of University of California, MemoryBC of British Columbia of Canada, and People’s Collection Wales of UK as the first type cases, and Connecting Histories of Birmingham, ‘Community Archives Wales(CAW), Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network(CCAN), Norfolk Community Archives Network(NORCAN) as the second type cases are selected for comparative analyses. All these cases can be considered as archival portals since they cover collections from various organizations. This study then evaluates how these digital archives fulfill the requirements of participatory archives such as : i) integrated search of archives that are to be distributed, ii) participation of individuals and organizations, and iii) providing broader contextual information and representation of context as well as contents of archives.
Lastly the final chapter suggests the implications for building participatory archives in Korean local areas based on following aspects : host organizations and implementation strategy, networks of collection institutions and community archives, preserving and reorganizing contextual information, selection and appraisal, and participation of records users and creators.
KW - participatory archives;documenting locality;community archives;local archives;documentation strategy;collective memory
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Seol, Moon-won. (2012). Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities. The Korean Journal of Archival Studies, 32, 3-44.
Seol, Moon-won. 2012, "Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities", The Korean Journal of Archival Studies, no.32, pp.3-44. Available from: doi:
Seol, Moon-won "Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities" The Korean Journal of Archival Studies 32 pp.3-44 (2012) : 3.
Seol, Moon-won. Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities. 2012; 32 : 3-44. Available from: doi:
Seol, Moon-won. "Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities" The Korean Journal of Archival Studies no.32(2012) : 3-44.doi:
Seol, Moon-won. Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities. The Korean Journal of Archival Studies, 32, 3-44. doi:
Seol, Moon-won. Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities. The Korean Journal of Archival Studies. 2012; 32 3-44. doi:
Seol, Moon-won. Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities. 2012; 32 : 3-44. Available from: doi:
Seol, Moon-won. "Building Participatory Digital Archives for Documenting Localities" The Korean Journal of Archival Studies no.32(2012) : 3-44.doi: