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An open source set of decks for learning about digital preservation.
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Notes on intrinsic value and significance... #4

Open ross-spencer opened 3 years ago

ross-spencer commented 3 years ago

The PARBICA notes on selecting records of significance are pretty awesome here. I don't know if they'll merge well with the intrinsic value deck but it is worth considering including some of their notes here:

Significance refers to the values and meanings that your records and collections have for people, communities or your nation. These values can include those that have historic, social, spiritual, artistic, scientific, political or cultural meaning. Expressing these values adds meaning to a collection or record and tells the story as to why they are significant. Significance assessment is a vital tool in collection management as it:

  • allows good decision-making about conservation and management, including disaster preparedness
  • helps focus limited resources on the most significant records and collections
  • is the basis for research and curatorial functions
  • increases the accessibility of collections by sharing knowledge
  • fosters collaboration across collections.

Assessing significance of your records and collections allows you to direct resources to the most significant items, and manage their conservation in a way that protects them into the future.

While this guideline is developed in the context of disaster planning, there are other applications of significance assessment. Knowing which collection items are the most significant can help you promote your collections, encourage further research and partnerships, assist in collection management and enable advocacy in relation to national, regional and international significance registers such as the UNESCO Memory of the World

ross-spencer commented 2 years ago

Further, there are some cool examples of recordings with intrinsic value from Richard Wright here at the BBC:

ross-spencer commented 1 year ago

This paper is broad-ranging, and I suspect, on first blush, in future, will be ethically problematic (or shoot itself in the foot by asking too much), but points to some clues for intrinsic value in digital:

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/4438/JBA-10-p157-Reis.pdf

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