Exploring the emerging intellectual structure of archival studies using text mining: 2001—2004

Archival science, like other disciplines, is evolving into more specific interdisciplinary subfields. To determine this intellectual structure of archival science, the text mining method was used. The data were 432 articles from 2001 to 2004, and we produced 43 clusters of documents using the within...

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Published inJournal of information science Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 356 - 369
Main Authors Kim, Heejung, Jae Yun Lee
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2008
Sage Publications
Bowker-Saur Ltd
Subjects
Archival studies
Archives
Archives & records
Cluster analysis
Data mining
Digital libraries
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information management
Information professionals
Information science. Documentation
Library and information science. General aspects
Networks
Sciences and techniques of general use
Social networks
Studies
Use and user studies. Information needs
pathfinder networks
network analysis
text mining
archival studies
document clustering
intellectual structure
Archivistics
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ISSN0165-5515
1741-6485
DOI10.1177/0165551507086260

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Summary:Archival science, like other disciplines, is evolving into more specific interdisciplinary subfields. To determine this intellectual structure of archival science, the text mining method was used. The data were 432 articles from 2001 to 2004, and we produced 43 clusters of documents using the within-group average method in SPSS. Then we generated pathfinder networks of 43 clusters and grouped them into seven subject categories: digital libraries and digital archiving technologies, online resources and finding aids, archives and archivists, legal and political issues, electronic records and technical issues, records and information management, and e-mail and information professionals. Finally, these seven subject categories were merged into three sectors: digital library, archives and RIM (Business). This study describes dynamic change in the 2001—4 research themes from traditional single-subject areas to emerging, complex subject areas. These results also show that research areas in archival sciences have much growth potential and will continue to expand.
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ISSN:0165-5515
1741-6485
DOI:10.1177/0165551507086260