Open AccessConceptualisations of the use of records
Author(s) -
Anneli Sundqvist
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tidsskriftet arkiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1891-8107
DOI - 10.7577/ta.1358
Subject(s) - ambivalence , conceptual model , conceptual framework , records management , epistemology , computer science , knowledge management , sociology , data science , psychology , social psychology , social science , database , philosophy
The archival community has an ambivalent attitude towards use of record. In one sense, use could be said tobe the ultimate purpose of keeping records, on the other hand, it has not been theorized in archives andrecords management discourse. The purpose of this study is to contribute to an enhanced understanding ofthe use of records by an empirically underpinned analysis of the concept. Based on an analysis oftheoretical conceptualizations of use and an analysis of data from two major case studies of contemporarypublic organizations, several dimensions of use covering different aspects of user behaviour were identified.The most important of them were the purposes of use, the objects of use, and the applications, i.e. theactual use. As a result, a conceptual model was constructed. Transformed into more abstract conceptualcategories, the findings of the case studies could be applicable in other contexts, and the model used as ananalytical framework in different settings