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Collection building amongst heritage amateurs

Henriette Roued-Cunliffe (Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 3 July 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to gather an overview of different research fields that study collection building amongst heritage amateurs (e.g. amateur archaeologists, family and local historians, etc.).

Design/methodology/approach

First, the paper will define the term heritage amateur and then identify possible fields in which these groups and their collection building have been studied. A snowball procedure was used to collect material for the study.

Findings

While there is an overlap between some of the subjects and fields examined, there is a potential for more collaboration resulting in a deeper understanding of collection building amongst heritage amateurs.

Research limitations/implications

The term heritage amateur is not widely used, and the identification and collection of material for the review rely on the definition and understanding of this term and the groups included under it.

Practical implications

This review of existing literature will benefit researchers and practitioners in the fields of education, information science, museums, libraries and archival studies, as well as the multidisciplinary area of heritage studies.

Social implications

There is a growing institutional and political interest in making digital heritage collections available to the general public, and this paper argues that an important part of this is understanding how heritage amateurs already do this.

Originality/value

This paper will connect narrow interest areas such as participatory heritage or serious leisure and show how their angles on heritage amateurs differ and compare.

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Citation

Roued-Cunliffe, H. (2017), "Collection building amongst heritage amateurs", Collection Building, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/CB-01-2017-0003

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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