What is it about?
This paper examines how digital archives in academic libraries often use a "flat" structure, which can make it difficult for users to find information. It suggests that integrating traditional hierarchical finding aids into digital collections can improve user experience and information retrieval.
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Why is it important?
The dominance of keyword searching + faceting is easy to see in the field of discoverability at present. What is needed is an articulated concept of digital collections that builds traditional archival collection browsing into a modern information environment. This paper builds on the existing literature with a rationale for a more fruitful researcher experience with these collections.
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The article is important because the presentation of digital special collections is under-discussed, compared with its impact in helping researchers find appropriate materials.
Timothy Provenzano
Arizona State University Charles Trumbull Hayden Library
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This page is a summary of: Organizational structure and representation in digital institutional repository collections, Digital Library Perspectives, May 2025, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/dlp-06-2024-0092.
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