Provenance: crossing boundaries

  • Jinfang Niu
Keywords: provenance, archives management, computer science

Abstract

Through examining the concept of provenance and its use in several communities, including archives management, computer science, rare book cataloging and archaeology, this paper presents an expanded view of provenance. For end-users, provenance covers the whole life cycle of records, from creation and evolution to acquisition, processing, preservation and access. During each stage of this life cycle, both the sociopolitical context and technical details fall within the scope of provenance.

Author Biography

Jinfang Niu

Jinfang Niu is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information, University of South Florida. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prior to this, she worked as a librarian at the Tsinghua University Library for three years. Her current research focuses on electronic records and digital curation.

Published
2013-07-04
How to Cite
Niu J. (2013) “Provenance: crossing boundaries”, Archives & Manuscripts, 41(2), pp. 105-115. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2013.811426.
Section
Articles