African-American Documentary Resources on the World Wide Web: A Survey and Analysis

Abstract

Numerous institutions have launched historical digital collections on the World Wide Web (WWW). This article describes, analyzes, and critiques 20 historical African-American digital collections created by archival institutions, academic institutions, public libraries, and U.S. government agencies. In addition, it explores issues that are an important part of historical digital collections, such as preservation, integrity, and selection criteria, as well as trends in collection content, institutional policy, technology, Web-site organization, and remote reference. Finally, this article assesses the value of individual digital collections as well as the overall value of digitization.

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