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Using born-digital archives for business history: EMCODIST and the case of E-mail

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Historians of business and management increasingly conduct research in digital archives. This article reviews some of the challenges and opportunities associated with the use of born-digital archives. As an example, we focus on scholarly use of large-scale organizational e-mail collections. In addition to allowing researchers to answer traditional questions about innovation, strategy and organizational development, e-mail also permits more granular investigation of new questions, such as those relating to the timing and flow of information inside organizational networks. Knowledge discovery in e-mail requires new search tools. We describe EMCODIST, a prototype tool that we have developed to support search and discovery in e-mail. Scholars interested in learning more are directed to a grant-funded website where versions of the EMCODIST tool support different types of searches.

Source: Management & Organizational History

DOI: 10.1080/17449359.2023.2183220

Authors: David A. Kirsch, Stephanie Decker, Adam Nix, Shubhangkar Girish Jain, Santhilatha Kuppili Venkata

Institutions: University of Maryland, College Park, University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4322503567

FWCI: 8.472

Cites: 16

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10