Historical Development of Archiving Models to Preserve University Archives

The chapter provides historical development of archives and records management models. A records management model has been developed by scholars and institutions. The models were created to assist organizations to navigate, benchmark, and improve records management programs. They were also applied to implement records and archives management programs in most organizations. Nevertheless, achieving consensus on internationally agreed theories for the records and archives management theories was not an easy task and part of the reasons for this layer with different theoretical perspectives.

Performance of Higher Education Archive Institution (Study in Two Public University)

In the digital era, universities are required to be more accountable and professional in managing institutions’ records. Archival institutions play a fundamental role in managing all matters related to university archives. This study aims to reveal the performance of higher education archive institutions that have been carried in two universities in Indonesia which are UGM and Airlangga University. This research gathered the main sources via the universitys’ website. The method used a qualitative research methodology. While the approach used in this study is content analysis which begins with unitizing, data reduction, abductively inferring contextual phenomena, and analysis. The study found that the two universities through their archives units have performed well by following the mandate of the law. It can be seen in both website features, as well as the development in each segment is complete and explorative owned by UGM compared to Airlangga University. In addition, Airlangga University provided the AMERTA Archives Audit System (SAKA).

New Zealand Architects Abroad

<p>This thesis is an oral history based investigation of four recently graduated architects (Bill Alington, Maurice Smith, Bill Toomath and Harry Turbott) who individually left New Zealand to pursue postgraduate qualifications at United States universities in the immediate postwar period. Guided interviews were conducted to allow the architects to talk about these experiences within the broader context of their careers. The interviews probed their motivations for travelling and studying in the United States. Where possible archival material was also sought (Fulbright applications, university archives) for comparison with the spoken narratives. Although motivated by the search of modernity and the chance to meet the master architects of the period (Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright) what all gained was an increase in the confidence of their own abilities as architects (or as a landscape architect in the case of Turbott who switched his focus while in the United States). This increase in confidence partly came from realising that their architectural heroes were ordinary people. Although searching for modernity, their encounters with the canon of architectural history also had a profound effect. This detailed knowledge of what these four subjects felt about architecture, architectural education, and their experiences of studying, working, and touring abroad has helped to shed light on the development of and influences on postwar architecture in New Zealand. The series of oral history interviews that were recorded during this project not only form the basis of the research material for this thesis, but are, in their own right, a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of New Zealand’s postwar architectural history.</p>

New Zealand Architects Abroad

<p>This thesis is an oral history based investigation of four recently graduated architects (Bill Alington, Maurice Smith, Bill Toomath and Harry Turbott) who individually left New Zealand to pursue postgraduate qualifications at United States universities in the immediate postwar period. Guided interviews were conducted to allow the architects to talk about these experiences within the broader context of their careers. The interviews probed their motivations for travelling and studying in the United States. Where possible archival material was also sought (Fulbright applications, university archives) for comparison with the spoken narratives. Although motivated by the search of modernity and the chance to meet the master architects of the period (Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright) what all gained was an increase in the confidence of their own abilities as architects (or as a landscape architect in the case of Turbott who switched his focus while in the United States). This increase in confidence partly came from realising that their architectural heroes were ordinary people. Although searching for modernity, their encounters with the canon of architectural history also had a profound effect. This detailed knowledge of what these four subjects felt about architecture, architectural education, and their experiences of studying, working, and touring abroad has helped to shed light on the development of and influences on postwar architecture in New Zealand. The series of oral history interviews that were recorded during this project not only form the basis of the research material for this thesis, but are, in their own right, a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of New Zealand’s postwar architectural history.</p>

Optimization and Upgrade of Special Database Management System for University Archives Based on Cloud Computing

With the progress of society and the development of science and technology, the data management of archives in colleges and universities has also changed from traditional manual operation to information technology system operation, which has taken a big step forward in the speed of data archive management. At the same time, following in the footsteps of the party and the state, according to the education reform measures issued by them, further implementation and implementation. With the innovation of education model, the reform of management method, and the expansion of teaching scale, the types and quantity of files are also increasing, and the scope is also expanding, which leads to the continuous increase of management difficulty. This requires data management to achieve informatization to meet the needs of society. The purpose of this paper is to study the optimization and upgrading of the special database management system of the archives of colleges and universities based on cloud computing. Based on cloud computing, this paper proposes the establishment of a special database management system for college archives and the methods and key technologies used in the process of optimization and upgrading. First, analyze the characteristics of the database management system, and then conduct demand analysis and functional analysis of the system. Secondly, research the advantages and disadvantages between the traditional data management of colleges and universities and the current latest database management system. Finally, according to the needs of the special database and system function requirements, the overall design of the archives management system is carried out, database modeling tools are used to optimize the database, and then its operation is studied, and system testing is carried out to enable it to meet the needs of university archives management. The experimental results show that the focus of database function optimization in different universities is different. University A prefers timeliness, accounting for 46%. University B thinks security is the most important, accounting for as high as 51%. University C is relatively even, both at 30%. The conclusion is to select the most practical and demanding functions for further optimization, and choose an overall design suitable for the special data of colleges and universities.

University archives: the research road travelled and the one ahead

Purpose University archives (UA) are the bridge between the past and the present and serve as a beacon for highlighting the contribution of academic institutions to society. Although the UA topic was introduced and formalized in the 1950s, the scientific research interest has increased significantly in the past two decades. This paper aims to provide insights into the UA research topic during the previous 15 years. Design/methodology/approach The combination of two well-established methods for performing literature review was deployed, aiming to identify, select and assess the research documents. Based on the selection criteria, 49 documents presenting research efforts around the UA topic were finally examined from the Scopus citation index. The selected studies have been classified into three main topics: strategic management of UA and the derived challenges, the educational contribution of UA and the strategic information systems for UA. Findings Some of the main findings are the lack of well-defined administrative policies, the low level of awareness and archival consciousness within the universities, the inadequacy of university archivists’ educational and training background, the need to use UA for building relationships with alumni and society, and finally, the need for metadata standardization by the UA management systems. Originality/value As a literature review around UA has not been conducted before, the reader will gain insights into the methods and research designs that other scholars had already applied to designate useful findings and results.

Filling Archival Silences: Reflections on Community Archiving for Social Justice

George Floyd’s murder by ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sparked an international wave of protests against racial injustice. In Gainesville, the community came together to place memorials to Floyd and other victims of racial injustice at UF and on the 34th St. Wall. Materials left at the memorial site and the photographs taken of the Wall and the memorial site are archived in University Archives at the George A. Smathers Libraries. The goal of the “All Black Lives Matter: Documenting Community Response to Racial Injustice” project encourages students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to reflect on this moment in the nation’s history, as well as the responsibility they have to dismantle racism and anti-Blackness in their sphere of influence.

Changing the way stories are told: Engaging staff and students in improving Wikipedia content about women in Scotland

The University of Edinburgh was the first UK university to employ a Wikimedian-in-Residence (WiR) to support students and staff across the whole university. Over the last five years, the project aimed to develop information literacy and digital research skills and to address the gender disparity of editors and participants in the community. The project has demonstrated the University of Edinburgh’s commitment to foster staff and student engagement as active digital citizens of the world and was awarded the 2019 Herald Higher Education Award for “Innovative Use of Technology in the Curriculum.” The residency also focuses on addressing the content on gender gaps and improving coverage of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Our first Wikipedia edit-a-thon in 2015 was based on “the Edinburgh Seven”—the first women to study medicine at the University. The WiR collaborated with the University archives team to develop an exhibit celebrating Scotland’s Suffragettes and facilitated a student internship that was awarded the Digital Humanities Award for Best Data Visualization 2019 for the Wikidata Map of Accused Witches in Scotland. This chapter will showcase stories of student engagement and collaboration inside and outside the curriculum, providing exemplars of how students have engaged with, and been intrinsically motivated by, researching and publishing their scholarship online in a real-world application of their learning. This chapter will also outline why employing a Wikimedian-in-Residence, alongside other learning technologists and digital skills trainers, is a worthwhile return of investment for universities.