Abstract
Using the Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection as a case study, this study investigates the nature of the materials collected in a community archive during COVID-19, examining their unique contributions to building public history. The authors collected and analyzed metadata from 812 collection items created between March and June of 2020. Findings show that the local community's active voluntary participation was noteworthy. The local community submitted more than half of all collected materials. Even when submissions from the campus community decreased during summer break, the local community's submissions remained steady, helping to broaden the collection's geographical and topical coverage. The authors conclude by offering their recommendations for COVID-19 community archiving projects and future research directions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102478 |
Journal | Journal of Academic Librarianship |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Academic libraries
- COVID-19
- Community archiving
- Digital collection
- Digital humanities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Library and Information Sciences