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Struggling with digitized historical newspapers: Contextual barriers to information interaction in history research activities.
- Source :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology; Jul2022, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p1012-1024, 13p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- On account of the complexities related to the use of digitized newspapers, researchers may encounter barriers when interacting with the collections' content. Overcoming barriers that could influence their information interaction should enhance the accessibility and utility of the newspapers. Hence, the study examined the barriers faced in history‐research tasks involving interaction with digitized historical newspapers, with focus on the barriers' contexts and the related task‐based activities. The analysis employed two datasets, from in‐depth interviews and demonstrations of newspaper‐use situations. Content analysis from these complementary data showed that barriers arose in multiple contexts, connected with the collection, task, tools, and socio‐organizational setting. Most barriers were associated with collection context and occurred in information searching and selection activities and in working with information items. Barriers related to the task or to socio‐organizational context arose most often in the planning and monitoring activities and in synthesizing and reporting. Such research‐based insight into the barriers faced can aid in illuminating what is required for providing good support to researchers working with digital newspaper content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HISTORY of newspapers
RESEARCH
COMPUTER software
RESEARCH evaluation
DIGITAL technology
TASK performance
INTERVIEWING
MATHEMATICAL variables
CONCEPTUAL structures
QUALITATIVE research
ACCESS to information
INFORMATION resources
CHI-squared test
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
HEALTH care teams
RESEARCH funding
INFORMATION needs
STATISTICAL sampling
CONTENT analysis
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23301635
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157234288
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24608