Abstract
Although recent national research has drawn attention to the critical function of
emails in Austrian administration, Austrian public archives have not approached email archiving yet. This paper aims to provide the Austrian archival community a starting point for the implementation of email archiving by investigating the process of capture, as basis for successful digital archiving. By using the Upper Austrian State Archive as a case study and employing a qualitative approach, it examines and evaluates current practice in the appraisal and selection of governmental emails in order to identify conceptual characteristics specific to an Austrian context and reflect on practical issues that must be considered across the life cycle of Austrian governmental emails.
emails in Austrian administration, Austrian public archives have not approached email archiving yet. This paper aims to provide the Austrian archival community a starting point for the implementation of email archiving by investigating the process of capture, as basis for successful digital archiving. By using the Upper Austrian State Archive as a case study and employing a qualitative approach, it examines and evaluates current practice in the appraisal and selection of governmental emails in order to identify conceptual characteristics specific to an Austrian context and reflect on practical issues that must be considered across the life cycle of Austrian governmental emails.
| Translated title of the contribution | Wie können wir festhalten, was wichtig ist?: Eine Fallstudie über die Bewertung von behördlichen E-Mails in öffentlichen Archiven in Österreich |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 282 - 313 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (MIÖG) |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2022 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 508001 Archive studies
- 601009 Historical auxiliary sciences