abstract:A finding aid, in the context of archival science, is a document containing detailed information about a specific collection of papers or records within an archive. Finding aids are used by researchers to determine whether information within a collection is relevant to their research.
Just imagine for a moment, more than 100, 000 displaced Liberians who have fled fighting in the countryside coming to the capital of Monrovia, seeking shelter, seeking food, seeking any kind of assistance, and finding none, because most of the aid workers have fled because security is such a problem here.
Users make sense of the chaos with the aid of a dashboard, the interface for finding and following other users and keeping track of the feedback their posts receive.