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"Digital" and "Doctoral" are two words that occupy my life, here and now.
I was admitted to the doctoral program of the School of Information in the University of Texas at Austin for the fall semester of 2006 as a doctoral preservation fellow supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant.
Currently, I am working on my dissertation research under the guidance of Dr. Dr. Pat Galloway. My research interests are personal digital archives, everyday recordkeeping behavior, personal information management, preservation of digital cultural heritage, and sustainable development of cultural institutions.
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Dissertation topic |
As a doctoral degree candidate, I explore digital document archiving practices of individuals in their everyday lives in relation to the formation, presentation, and preservation of self. In my research, the concept of personal digital archives is not limited to preserving personal documents in digital form at the institutional level, but includes individual archives managed and operated by people in their private/everyday lives.
I attempt to look close how individuals build and maintain their own personal and/or family archives in the digital information environment. Personal digital archives are not just about storing digital objects, but about preserving individuals' life time experiences, memories, and social interaction, thus self. As cultural heritage, personal digital documents of ordinary people have priceless historical and cultural values.
Doctoral Committee
Patricia Galloway (Chair)
Philip Doty
Ciaran Trace
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Papers/
Presentations/
Posters |
Papers:
Kim, Sarah, Lorrie Dong, and Megan Durden. "Batch Archival Processing: Preserving Arnold Wesker's Digital Manuscripts." Archival Issues 30, no. 2 (2008): 91-106.
Kim, Sarah. "Green Archives: Applications of Green Construction to Archival Facilities." Primary Source 28, no. 1 (2008).
Paper Presentations:
Kim, Sarah. Personal Digital Archives and the Archival Profession. Annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, July 10, 2009.
Kim, Sarah. Silicon Chips with Everything: Preserving Arnold Wesker's Digital Manuscripts. Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA) Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, June 1, 2007.
Poster Presentations:
Kim, Sarah. Using an Institutional Digital Repository for digital collections of retired faculty members. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), June 16, 2009.
Kim, Sarah. Personal Digital Archives. Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 28-30, 2008.
Kim, Sarah. Electronic Waste in Libraries and Archives. From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, November 1-2, 2007.
Kim, Sarah. Applications of Green Construction to Archival Facilities. From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, November 1-2, 2007.
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