Archivist on Board: Contributions to the Research Team

Abstract: In this article, we demonstrate the advantages of including an archivist as a member of the research team based on our experience with two multi-site, multi-method, primarily qualitative projects. The Principal Investigator, committed to the principles of data sharing and preservation, recruited a data archivist at the inception of the projects. Several issues arose that are not typically encountered in a research project: investigators needed to agree to the principles of data preservation and sharing—concepts that are not typically discussed a prior; the research ethics application and approval had to incorporate the conditions of preservation and sharing; and we needed a comprehensive plan for preservation that would ensure the creation of high-quality data products worthy of deposition. This comprehensive plan required that we identify the standards of archiving, incorporating within the data management plan an appropriate inventory list and a design for tagged fields and a cor.... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1022

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Archivist on Board: Contributions to the Research Team ; volume:1 ; number:3 ; day:31 ; month:12 ; year:2000 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 1, Heft 3 (31.12.2000)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Humphrey, Charles K. ; Estabrooks, Carole A. ; Norris, Judy R. ; Smith, Jane E. ; Hesketh, Kathryn L.

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-1.3.1022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs000356
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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