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Glossary Citation This historical manuscripts tradition, in relation to both collecting and intellectual control, was dominant from the eighteenth century until about 1960. In the twentieth century before 1960 practices were added from the public archives field from time cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation The fateful separation of the historical manuscripts tradition field from the public archives field began in 1910 at the AHA's Conference of Archivists, when the application of library principles was attacked as inapplicable to public archives. The diffe cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation [Graphic3] A two-dimensional representation whether opaque (e.g., art original and reproductions, flash cards, photographs, technical drawings) or intended to be viewed, or projected without motion, by means of an optical device (e.g., film strips, stereo cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
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Glossary Citation [This standard] provides guidelines for constructing monolingual thesauri: formulating the descriptors, establishing relationships among terms, and effectively presenting the information in print and on a screen. Italso includes thesaurus maintenance proc cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation [From the act:] To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote t cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation The chief reasons for the rule are that out-of-court statements amounting to hearsay are not made under oath and are not subject to cross-examination. cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Linus [Torvalds] also adopted the standard GNU licensing scheme called Copyleft. The general public license, or GPL, allows users to sell, copy, and change Copylefted programs – which can also be copyrighted – but you must pass along the same freedom to s cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Today the words [authentic and genuine] are interchangeable in most sentences, but a couple of distinctions do exist. First, 'authentic' is off-target when the sense is 'substantial'. . . . Second, 'authentic' is an awkward choice when the sense is 'since cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Glassine paper is a supercalendered, smooth, dense, transparent or semi-transparent paper manufacturer primarily from wood pulps, which have been beaten to secure a high degree of hydration of the stock. It is grease resistant, and has a high resistance cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation GILS specifies how information sources are described through locator records on network servers. Yet, no one expects networks to be the only way to reach all audiences. We all depend on information providers and intermediaries to add essential value. They cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Although confusing to many people, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) are not synonymous. The focus of the PRA is to limit the information the Federal government collects from the public in any form. The cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Functional analysis . . . argues that records be appraised only after the functions of an institution are defined and understood. Record appraisal then becomes a matter of identifying or creating records which best document the institution's functions. cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Perhaps the best-known application of graphic analysis to scheduling is the Gantt chart. Henry Laurence Gantt was an early follower of Frederick Taylor . . . and a major proponent of scientific management. . . . Developed in 1917 to aid in the war effor cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation The application of [general diplomatics] to infinite individual cases constitutes the function of diplomatic criticism, that is of special diplomatics. Theory (general diplomatics) and criticism (special diplomatics) influence each other. The latter, anal cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation I.5 This set of general rules for archival description is part of a process that willa. ensure the creation of consistent, appropriate, and self explanatory descriptions;b. facilitate the retrieval and exchange of information about archival material;c. en cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation 'Copyleft uses copyright law, but flips it over to serve the opposite purpose instead of a means of privatizing software, it becomes a means of keeping software free' [citing Stallman]. cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Fraud may be predicated on false representation or concealments, though the truth could have been ascertained by an examination of public records. cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation While it is true that there is a distinction between fraud and forgery, and forgery contains some elements that are not included in fraud, forgeries are a species of fraud. In essence, the crime of forgery involves the making, altering, or completing of a cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation The federal Freedom of Information Act [in 5 USC §552] requires that each agency, in accordance with published rules, shall make available for public inspection and copying final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orde cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Online discussion groups, particularly Usenet ones, have developed FAQs to minimize repetitive discussion about queries which are continually raised, particularly by newcomers; it is a point of Usenet netiquette to consult the FAQ before posting a questi cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Function1 and competence are a different order of the same thing. Function is the whole of the activities aimed to one purpose, considered abstractly. Competence is the authority and capacity of carrying out a determined sphere of activities within one cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation The birth of the form2 nicely illustrates how documents were streamlined and tailored in the service of ever greater efficiency. . . . [Workers' documentation of their activities] could be standardized and speeded up by printing forms, sheets of paper who cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Diplomatics defines form4 as the complex of the rules of representation used to convey a message, that is, as the characteristics of a document which can be separated from the determination of the particular subjects, or places it concerns. Documentary fo cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation Business forms5 serve as the primary means of communicating information in a methodical, standardized, and repetitive way. A well-designed form constitutes the equivalent of a flowchart which describes and standardizes a process. The form serves as a cata cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm