title: Addressing the personal digital archives needs of a contemporary artist: Paper - IPRES 2014 - Melbourne
creators: Sam Meister
abstract: The study of personal digital archives is an emerging research area that crosses multiple domains including digital preservation, personal information management, archives, and recordkeeping. The practical need and desire for solutions and tools to meet the long-term preservation and access needs of individuals is increasing in relation to the ubiquitous production of digital information in contemporary society. To date, most digital preservation research has focused on the development of methods, tools, and solutions for institutional contexts such as libraries, archives, and other types of repositories. The personal context of an individual is distinct from organizational or institutional contexts, and necessitates new methods and approaches to better understand and develop solutions to meet personal digital recordkeeping and preservation needs. This paper describes a research project in progress that is focusing on this personal context by utilizing a case study approach to explore the design, development and implementation of personal digital recordkeeping system for a specific type of individual: a contemporary artist.
keywords: personal digital archives recordkeeping artist records