An online marketplace for archival services
Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
ISSN: 2514-9342
Article publication date: 10 March 2022
Issue publication date: 25 July 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Online marketplaces, which provide on-demand goods or services through matching providers and consumers, have emerged in many sectors of the society. This paper aims to assess the need and speculate the design features of a specialized, online marketplace for archival services.
Design/methodology/approach
Interview data collected for a previous project were reanalyzed, and the websites of some online marketplaces were explored.
Findings
Existing general-purpose online marketplaces are useful but limited. Archivists and closely related professionals, including conservators, genealogists and public historians, need a specialized online marketplace to connect with their clients. This specialized online marketplace for archival services could adopt some useful features of existing online marketplaces.
Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first attempt to assess the need for an online marketplace for archival services.
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Citation
Niu, J. (2023), "An online marketplace for archival services", Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, Vol. 72 No. 6/7, pp. 685-699. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-09-2021-0162
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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