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The Future of Archives is Participatory: Archives as
Platform
Offene Archive 2.1Kate TheimerApril 3, 2014
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Business models
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The “old” business model
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What has changed?
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“Old” business model
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New business model
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Archives as platform
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Here “platform” means:
Technology and content assets organized in an architecture to achieve some goal.
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What should “the goal”be?
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To collect, preserve and provide access to materials of lasting value
Traditional mission
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The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities
Goal for “library as platform”
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To add value to people’s lives by increasing their understanding and appreciation of the past.
New mission for archives
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Why?
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Why?
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Libraries are about more than just books
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More than books
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Changing the image of archives
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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/420366.article
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Participatory archives
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An organization, site or collection in which people other than the archives professionals contribute knowledge or resources resulting in increased understanding about archival materials, usually in an online environment.
A definition
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Engagement
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#rocketcat
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Transcription
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Identifying images
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Other kinds of personal
contributions
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The Next Generation
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Further a cause beyond the self
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Higher level of human need
the need for self-transcendence, or furthering a cause beyond the self
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To add value to people’s lives by increasing their
understanding and appreciation of the
past.
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Thank you
Kate Theimer@archivesnext on Twitter
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