INTRO
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I am a doctoral candidate in Information Studies at the School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin. I was one of the three recipients of the doctoral preservation fellowship in 2006, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
My overall research interests are personal digital archives, everyday recordkeeping behavior, personal information management, archives, preservation of digital cultural heritage, and technology and practices in everyday life.
I hold a master degree in Information Studies from University at Albany and a bachelor's degree in History and Art History from Ewha woman's University.
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DISSERTATION |
Currently, I am working on my dissertation research under the guidance of Dr. Pat Galloway. I explore digital documents 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 at the institutional level, but includes individual archives managed and operated by people in their private/everyday lives.
I look closely at how people 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, social interaction, and thereofre self. Personal digital documents of ordinary people also have various social, historical and cultural values.
Dissertation proposal [PDF] - Personal digital archives: Preservation of documents, preservation of self. (Defended and passed in December 2010)
Doctoral Committee
Dr. Patricia Galloway, Associate Professor, (Committee Chair)
Dr. Philip Doty, Associate Dean
Dr. Ciaran Trace, Assistant Professor
Dr. Emilo Zamora, Professor
Dr. Don Davis, Emeritus Professor |