Digitization as Information Practics

Lischer-Katz, Zack

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Title

Digitization as Information Practics

Author(s)

Lischer-Katz, Zack

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• digitization
• academic libraries
• standards
• practice theory

Abstract

This exploratory study sets out to better understand the information practices of academic library staff members engaged in digitization projects. Using semi-structured interviews and workplace observation, the research considers digitization within the framework of practice theory. Analysis of the data suggests that the use of information sources and the role of embodied knowledge in digitization work depends on the relationship between the media formats being digitized and the level of development of standards and policies for digitizing those formats. The research also suggests a variety of new avenues of inquiry for further conceptualizing digitization as information practice in archives and libraries, including the relationship between aesthetics and situated judgment in the creation of digitized library materials, and in the interplay between standards-following and improvisation supported by self-documentation.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47326

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14391

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