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THREATS OF THE DATA-FLOOD? AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE ON APPRAISAL IN THE ERA OF UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING CHARLES JEURGENS

CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE

FRAGMENTATION

RECORD CREATING

APPRAISAL AND SELECTION

SELECTION?

• VERNE HARRIS: • ”THE APPRAISER IS NOT SIMPLY IDENTIFYING RECORDS WITH ARCHIVAL VALUE; S(HE) IS CREATING ARCHIVAL VALUE”

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED

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SEEING LIKE A STATE: LEGIBILITY

SEEING LIKE A (COLONIAL) STATE

SEEING LIKE A (SECRET) STATE

SEEING LIKE A (DIGITAL) STATE

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OR FILTER FAILURE?

DIGITAL DATA SWAMP?

“ARCHIVES AND RECORDS PROFESSION FACE CRISIS”

RETHINKING RECORDS

RETHINKING RECORDS

PROCESSING AND ALGORITHMS

ALGORITHMIC ANXIETY

CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

PREDICTIVE POLICING

COMPAS

Stratumseind 2.0 – Living Lab EINDHOVEN NETHERLANDS

RETHINKING RECORDS

BACK TO APPRAISAL

CONCLUSIONS • RECORDS = DATA AND INFORMATION IN CONTEXT • THE EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF CREATION AND USE OF DATA/INFORMATION HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AND MORE FRAGMENTED • ADEQUATE APPRAISAL AND SELECTION IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF IN ADVANCE IS KNOWN WHAT PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITIES WANT TO (BE ABLE TO) RECONSTRUCT. THE STARTING POINT OF APPRAISAL AND SELECTION IS THEREFORE BEFORE RECORDS ARE CREATED • PROVIDING ROBUST ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRES MORE THAN ONLY KEEPING DATA