https://www.edbenoit.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2020-04-29 https://www.edbenoit.com/grants daily 0.75 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5165ac9ba8e35178459701/bc91165d-9aa8-489f-ac64-008c397def37/Edward+Benoit%2C+III.jpg Grants & Awards - Select Funded Grants Benoit, Edward III, and Heather Soyka. “VFP 2: Supporting Vietnam-Era Veterans’ Documentation of Their Military Record.” Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2024. $91,430. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. Archival Education & Research Institute. Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research-Conference Support Fund, 2023. $10,000. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III, Jill Trepanier, and Jennifer Vanos. “PROTECCT-GLAM: Risk of The Environment’s Changing Climate Threats for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.” Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2022. $458,963. Funded. New Orleans Museum of Art and Edward Benoit, III (consultant). “Archival Preservation: Family Photos Workshop Series.” Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2022. $5,000. Funded. Ascension Parish Library and Edward Benoit, III (consultant). “Photographic History of Ascension Parish.” Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2021. $6,000. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “Virtual Footlocker Project: Developing a User-Centered Framework for Digital Preservation of Active Duty and Veteran Personal Records.” Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2018. $390,706. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. Office of Research and Economic Development Junior Faculty Travel Grant. 2017, $750. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “Social Tagging of Amateur and Professionally Produced Moving Images.” Society of American Archivists Foundation. 2016, $2,400. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. Office of Research and Economic Development Junior Faculty Travel Grant. 2016, $750. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. Teaching Enhancement Fund Award, Campus Federal Credit Union, Louisiana State University. 2016, $500. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III, Maccio, E.M., & Lacher-Feldman, J. (2015). “An International Perspective of LGBTQ Archives and Social Justice: Workshops & a Public Lecture with Dr. Rebecka Sheffield.” College of Human Sciences & Education Dean’s Internationalization Program. 2015, $1,404. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “Virtual Footlocker Phase 1: Exploring the Personal Archiving and Recordkeeping Habits of the 21st Century Soldier.” College of Human Sciences & Education Peabody Society Dean’s Circle Grant. 2015, $2,000. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. Office of Research and Economic Development Junior Faculty Travel Grant. 2015, $750. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. SEC Sponsored Visiting Faculty Travel Grant, SECU. 2015, $1,000. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “#MPLP: A Comparison of Domain Novice and Expert User Generated Tags in a Minimally Processed Digital Archives.” School of Information Studies Doctoral Research Award Grant Opportunity (DRAGO), 2014. $350. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “MPLP and Social Tagging.” School of Information Studies Doctoral Research Award Grant Opportunity (DRAGO), 2013. $900. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “Social Tagging in Digital Archives.” School of Information Studies Doctoral Research Award Grant Opportunity (DRAGO), 2012. $500. Funded. Benoit, Edward, III. “Chicago’s Evolution of Progress.” Graduate Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007. $1,000. Funded. https://www.edbenoit.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2025-11-25 https://www.edbenoit.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-11-25 https://www.edbenoit.com/home daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://www.edbenoit.com/about daily 1.0 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5165ac9ba8e35178459701/1313b9f6-3d92-4d31-95e9-f3231347204d/LSU-Information-Studies-2023-Jazz-Brunch-101.JPG About - Edward Benoit, III, Ph.D. Interim Director & Associate Professor in the School of Information Studies (SIS) at Louisiana State University Dr. Benoit is the coordinator of the archival studies and cultural heritage resource management programs in SIS. He received an MA in History, MLIS and PhD in Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research focuses on participatory and community archives, non-traditional archival materials and archival education. He is the founder and director of the Virtual Footlocker Project, which examines the personal archiving habits of the 21st century soldier in an effort to develop new digital capture and preservation technologies to support their needs. https://www.edbenoit.com/publications daily 0.75 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5165ac9ba8e35178459701/1588115361980-LUXI726TD6SAUAPY2FB8/Benoit++E_Participatory+archives_PB+PROOF_01.png Publications - Benoit, Edward, III, and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds. Participatory Archives: Theory & Practice (London: Facet Publishing, 2019). The rise of digitisation and social media over the past decade has fostered the rise of participatory and DIY digital culture. Likewise, the archival community has leveraged these new technologies, aiming to engage users and expand access to collections. This book examines the creation and development of participatory archives, evaluates its impact on archival theory, and presents case studies of its real world application. Participatory Archives is divided into four sections, with each focused on a particular aspect of participatory archives: social tagging and commenting transcription crowdfunding and outreach & activist communities. Each section includes chapters summarising the existing literature, a discussion of theoretical challenges and benefits, and a series of case studies. The case studies are written by a range of international practitioners and provide a wide range of examples in practice, whilst the remaining chapters are supplied by leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Includes: Benoit, Edward, III and Alexandra Eveleigh. “Defining and Framing Participatory Archives in Archival Science.” In Edward Benoit, III and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds. Participatory Archives: Theory & Practice (London: Facet Publishing, 2019): 1-12. Benoit, Edward, III and Ana Roeschley. “Degrees of Mediation: A Review of the Intersectionality between Community and Participatory Archives.” In Edward Benoit, III and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds. Participatory Archives: Theory & Practice (London: Facet Publishing, 2019): 159-171. Benoit, Edward, III and Alexandra Eveleigh. “Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Direction of Participatory Archives.” In Edward Benoit, III and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds. Participatory Archives: Theory & Practice (London: Facet Publishing, 2019): 211-218. https://www.edbenoit.com/preservation-tips daily 0.75 2020-04-28 https://www.edbenoit.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-25