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Clashing Disciplines: Oral History and the Institutional Review Board

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Abstract

Archivists are finding that, often for the first time, our institutions are taking a closer look at the way we conduct research and questioning the very methods that we have used for many years. The primary body that does that inquiry is often the institutional review board (IRB). A review concept originally designed by and for the sciences, the IRB and the archivist often find themselves at odds when they first meet. This paper offers an example of how you can work with your IRB to come to an acceptable solution, satisfying the theory and practices of archival administration while remaining within the confines of the review board regulations.

How to Cite:

Vagts, R., (2002) “Clashing Disciplines: Oral History and the Institutional Review Board”, Archival Issues 26(2), 145–152. doi: https://doi.org//archivalissues.10905