McLeod Julie, Lomas Elizabeth
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1XE UK.
iSchool, Department of Information Studies, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT UK.
Arch Sci (Dordr). 2023 Apr 12:1-36. doi: 10.1007/s10502-023-09414-w.
A major issue facing society is the extent to which the usability of the digital evidence base is at risk because, in the digital era, the concept of the record has been eroded. The nature and reality of a record are no longer agreed. Addressing the challenges that the digital presents for managing records and assuring their future usability is not one that records and archives scholars and professionals can tackle alone. This article argues that this is a 'grand challenge' which requires a broad range of perspectives and expertise and convergence research to resolve. It discusses findings from an international multidisciplinary research network established to critically explore, through a grounded theory approach, the nature of a digital record and the implications of the digital era for the usability and functionality of the future evidence base. A series of different visions of a digital record emerged alongside a wide-ranging set of research questions that form the basis of an agenda for future collaborative (convergence) research.
社会面临的一个主要问题是，由于在数字时代记录的概念已被侵蚀，数字证据库的可用性面临多大风险。对于记录的性质和实际情况，人们不再有一致的看法。应对数字技术给记录管理和确保其未来可用性带来的挑战，并非记录与档案领域的学者和专业人员能够独自解决的。本文认为，这是一个“重大挑战”，需要广泛的观点、专业知识以及跨学科研究来解决。它讨论了一个国际多学科研究网络的研究结果，该网络通过扎根理论方法，批判性地探讨数字记录的性质以及数字时代对未来证据库可用性和功能的影响。一系列不同的数字记录愿景随之出现，同时还产生了一系列广泛的研究问题，这些问题构成了未来合作（跨学科）研究议程的基础。
