21 interview transcripts from digital stewards discussing organizational contexts for digital preservation. The data was collected by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance following surveys in 2012 and 2017 to investigate rising practitioner dissatisfaction. The interviews were conducted by researchers using a phenomenological qualitative methodology.
Use Cases
- Analyze themes of practitioner empowerment based on descriptions of organizational context.
- Identify common barriers to digital stewardship based on reflections on what aspects are not working well.
- Evaluate organizational misunderstandings of digital preservation values based on participant experiences.
- Study the impact of long-term vision absence on practitioner disempowerment based on interview evaluations.
Strengths
- Includes 21 detailed practitioner interviews.
- Builds upon two prior NDSA surveys (2012 and 2017).
- Uses a defined qualitative research methodology (phenomenology).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific interview period.
Provenance
- Source
- National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA)
- Collection Method
- Qualitative interviews based on phenomenology.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-04 07:11:38; freshness should be verified.