School of Information Management & Systems. Fall 2003.
142 Access to American Cultural Heritages.
M. Buckland.
What is meant by "access"?
Each of the following aspects
constitutes a type of barrier to
meaningful access.
0. Existence / creation / preservation. Documents and objects
need to exist in the first place.
1. Identification. A suitable source needs to be identified.
This "indicative" access is the realm
of bibliography, documentation, classification, and indexing,
-- of information retrieval.
2. Availability. One needs physical access
to whatever it is.
Logistics and technology.
3. Price to The User. The effort and expense of
getting at or to something.
4. Cost to The Provider. The effort and expense of providing access.
5. Cognitive Access. Is the document
understood? Explanation.
Education.
6. Acceptability. Credible? Acceptable?