Lorraine Richards
Assistant Professor
Department of Information Science
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
"Dr. Richards research focuses on two key areas in digital curation: (1) organizational factors that influence digital curation success, primarily in governmental and business organizations, and (2) the educational requirements necessary to ensure that successful digital curation occurs in these organizations. She has examined the incentives and disincentives for sustainable digital curation in organizations, as well as other factors such as the integration of curatorial tools and techniques with everyday work practices. She has also examined the ways in which digital curation experts and organizational personnel engage in co-learning of each other's areas of expertise as a means to achieve curation goals. The two key research areas together provide important insights into how education, work practices, and technological innovation affect the ability to curate digital information in organizations. "
Research Interest
Archives, digital curation, electronic records management, information technology and digital collections, cloud computing and record keeping, management of information organizations
Publications
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Richards, Lorraine. (2016). "Collaborative Access Development Strategies in a Big Data Aviation Research Environment." In Creating Trustworthy Repositories for Digital Records: Theory and Practice. Edited by Philip Bantin. [Invited Book Chapter] (5240 words)
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Richards, Lorraine L. (December 2016). "Teaching Data Creators How to Develop an OAIS-Compliant Digital Curation System: Co-Learning and Breakdowns in Support of Requirements Analysis." In American Archivist 79(2) (Fall/Winter 2016). [Refereed Journal Article]
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"Hawthorne, Kisha and Lorraine L. Richards. (forthcoming, 2016). ""Personal Health Records: A New Type of Electronic Medical Record."" Records Management Journal [Refereed Journal Article] "
