
Research Forum Trends in Arrangement and Description Topics over the Last 10 Years
Explore the evolution of arrangement and description topics at the Research Forum from 2007 to 2015, as well as the categories of presentation topics, contributions, and comparisons with Gottwald's findings. Discover the percentage distributions of different themes discussed and the overall research scope.
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A & D @ the Research Forum Trends in arrangement and description topics over the last 10 years Katherine M. Wisser SAA Research Forum August 2, 2016
Posters, presentations and other contributions at the Research Forum 2007-2015 Year Posters Presentations Other Combo Total 2007 8 7 0 4 19 2008 14 18 0 2 34 2009 26 17 1 2 46 2010 27 19 1 0 47 2011 27 19 0 1 47 2012 20 15 0 1 36 2013 18 16 0 11 45 2014 19 19 3 4 45 2015 21 22 0 0 43 Total 180 152 5 25 362
Posters, presentations and other contributions at the Research Forum 2007-2015 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Gottwald (2011) categories of presentation topics Selection, appraisal, acquisition Arrangement and description Reference services and access Preservation and protection Outreach, advocacy and promotion Managing archival programs Professional, ethics, and legal responsibilities Mixed Other
Gottwald categories at the Research Forum PERCENTAGE Selection, appraisal and acquisitions, 14% Other, 20% Mixed, 1% Arrangement and description, 18% Professional, ethics and legal responsibilities, 7% Managing archival programs, 10% Reference services and users, 8% Outreach, advocacy and promotion, 3% Preservation and protection, 19%
Comparison of Gottwalds findings and the Research Forum 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Selection, appraisal, acquisition Arrangement and description Reference services and access Preservation and protection Outreach, advocacy, and promotion Managing archival programs Professional, ethics, and legal responsibilities Mixed Other Gottwald Research Forum
Arrangement and description total presentations 2007-2015 Year Poster presentation Other Combo Total 2007 2 0 0 2 4 2008 6 1 0 1 8 2009 4 7 0 0 11 2010 4 2 0 0 6 2011 0 4 0 0 4 2012 1 3 0 0 4 2013 4 4 0 1 9 2014 3 6 1 0 10 2015 3 5 0 0 8 Total 27 32 1 4 64
Arrangement and description total presentations 2007-2015 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Comparison, total presentations and arrangement and description presentations 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Overview of arrangement and description topics Digital/electronic records Large scale collections MPLP Localized standards for special formats or specific topics Social media as a tool to enhance descriptive efforts New standards implementation Linked open data Digital surrogates integrated with description Creating, manipulating, exporting descriptions Alternative models for description and its interplay with core principles
Sampling of topics over time 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Crosswalks Social media Social media Social media Collaboration Collaboration Creation/convergence Creation/convergence Item-level Item-level Visualizations Controlled vocabularies Linked data MPLP MPLP Digital records Specific formats: government records, audiovisual materials, artifacts, photographs, oral histories, etc. Encoding standards: EAD, MARC, EAC-CPF 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Analysis of one general topic Encoding standards: EAD, MARC, EAC-CPF EAD EAD EAD EAD EAD EAD MARC MARC MARC EAC EAC-CPF EAC-CPF EAC-CPF EAC-CPF 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015