"I spent 1 1/2 hours sifting through one large box....": diaries as information behavior of the archives user: lessons learned

Authors:
Elaine G. Toms;Wendy Duff
Affiliations:
Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 140 St. Georges St., Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada;Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 140 St. Georges St., Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
Venue:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This article describes how diaries were implemented in a study of the use of archives and archival finding aids by history graduate students. The issues concerning diary use as a data collection technique are discussed as well as the different types of diaries.