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Group News Item The path to colonial reckoning is through archives, not museums (Al Jazeera) hbarlow Human Rights Archives Section 03/28/2019 - 9:31am
Glossary Citation The PEM calculates and displays, in real time, values that reflect the decay rate of organic materials stored in that location. These values, known as Preservation Index (PI) and Time-Weighted Preservation Index (TWPI), show how temperature and humidity c cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Book page The Pennsylvania State University (Essay) akhartman 5 12/12/2025 - 12:06pm
Glossary Citation The pervading view of archives as sites of historical truth is at best outdated, and at worst inherently dangerous. The archival record doesn't just happen; it is created by individuals and organizations, and used, in turn, to support their values and mi cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The philosophy of management that evolved in response to new needs, later to be labeled systematic management, promoted rational and impersonal systems in preference to personal and idiosyncratic leadership for maintaining efficiency in a firm's operation cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Group News Item The Police and the Holocaust: The Role of Police Forces in the Genocide of Jews and Roma (May 30-31, Guatemala City) hbarlow Human Rights Archives Section 04/30/2018 - 1:02pm
Program Course The Politics of [media] Preservation Gallo6585 04/26/2013 - 1:45pm
Leader Page The Power of Archives: Archivists’ Values and Value in the Post-Modern Age cp_admin 12/17/2010 - 12:47pm
Group News Item The Power of the insurgent archive in Latinx art (The Daily Princetonian) hbarlow Human Rights Archives Section 07/31/2021 - 1:24pm
Program Course The Practice of Archives/Manuscript Administration casmith24 04/01/2010 - 3:32pm
Program Course The Preservation of Digital Records duranti 04/01/2010 - 3:32pm
Position Statements and Resolutions The Preservation of Digitized Reproductions crsalgado 1 12/22/2024 - 1:49am
Glossary Citation The preserved documentary records of any corporate body, governmental agency or office, or organization or group that are the direct result of administrative or organizational activity of the originating body and that are maintained according to their ori cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The primary objective of the ICRM is to develop and administer the program for professional certification of records managers, including certification examinations and a certification maintenance program. The ICRM serves as the official certifying body fo cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:11pm
Glossary Citation The principle of provenance has two components: records of the same provenance should not be mixed with those of a different provenance, and the archivist should maintain the original order in which the records were created and kept. The latter is referre cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Glossary Citation The principle of provenance, as applied to appraisal, leads us to evaluate records on the basis of the importance of the creator's mandate and functions, and fosters the use of a hierarchical method, a 'top-down' approach, which has proved to be unsatisfa cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Glossary Citation The principle of provenance, as applied to appraisal, leads us to evaluate records on the basis of the importance of the creator's mandate and functions, and fosters the use of a hierarchical method, a 'top-down' approach, which has proved to be unsatisfa cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The principle that underlies the concept of accountability . . . is linked to the conveying and evaluation of information. . . . For ongoing bodies, accountability required the development and refinement of procedures for carrying out actions and documen cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The principles here stated apply only to the choice and form of headings and entry words – i.e. to the principal elements determining the order of entries – in catalogues of printed books [and library materials having similar characteristics] in which ent cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Glossary Citation The problem is that the manufacturers of print film use shorter life expectancy criteria for the design of their print film than for film production or film printing elements. A print would typically be worn out by or before the time the color would fade cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:12pm
Glossary Citation The process of acquiring records from any source by transfer, donation, or purchase, or the body of records so acquired. cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The process of archival cataloging consists predominantly of interpreting, extrapolating, or extracting information from the material and its context. . . . By contrast, a bibliographic approach is characterized by item oriented cataloging to provide a de cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Glossary Citation The process of organizing and managing historical records by 1) identifying or bringing together sets of records derived from a common source which have common characteristics and a common file structure, and 2) identifying relationships among such sets o cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 12:10pm
Annual Meeting Page The Program Committee Welcomes You to Chicago! crsalgado 06/17/2024 - 3:14pm
Leader Page The Prologue Is Past crsalgado 03/08/2011 - 5:24pm