Student Users of Archives: An Analysis of Recent Data

Erin Passehl, Boise State University
Morgan Daniels, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Abstract

We report the findings of 16 student interviews conducted at a large public university in fall 2005 as part of the research project "Developing Archival Metrics in College and University Archives and Special Collections." Fourteen archivists and twelve professors from North American academic institutions were also interviewed, in order to determine what aspects of archival interactions these groups found important to measure. This presentation considered how do students, professors, and archivists perceive different aspects of archival service and how would they like to see these evaluated?