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The core of the text is the disposition2, that is, the expression of the will or judgment of the author. Here, the fact or act is expressly enunciated, usually by means of a verb able to communicate the nature of the action and the function of the documen |
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The Cyberarchivist: Mary Jane Meets the Information Age |
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The decision in favor of anonymity1 may be motivated by fear of economic or official retaliation, by concern about social ostracism, or merely by a desire to preserve as much of one's privacy as possible. . . . ¶ Anonymity is a shield from the tyrann |
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The degree to which a record can be considered reliable is dependent upon the level of procedural and technical control exercised during its creation and management in its active life. Authenticity, by contrast, is the responsibility of archival managemen |
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The description of individuals, families, and organizations that create records is an essential component of the preservation of the documentary evidence of human activity. Identifying record creating entities; recording the names or designations used by |
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The dimensions of standard negative, print, and transparency sizes are called formats. In general, the nominal dimensions of the picture area (e.g., 2¼ inches square) are used for roll, cassette, and cartridge films, while the actual outer dimensio |
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The Displays: On Anti-Racist Study and Institutional Enclosure by David James Hudson (up//root) |
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The distinction between what and for whom libraries and archives remember accounts form the major differences in archival and bibliographic description. A bibliographic description, such as that found in a MARC record, represents an individual published i |
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The distinction between what can and cannot be 'annexed' to a document is like all fine distinctions, difficult. Its particular difficulty may perhaps be illustrated by a reductio ad absurdum. Supposing for example that a Viceroy sends home to the Secreta |
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The doctrine of constructive notice rests on the idea that all persons may learn and actually know that of which the law gives notice and implies knowledge. The notice imparted by the due and proper record of an instrument, although called a constructive |
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The documents in archival collections relate to each other in ways that transcend the information in each document. The archival whole is greater than the sum of its parts; the relationships are as important as the particulars. |
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The duty to preserve records arises from the same sources as the duty to create them: statute, regulation, and contract. When the records relate to litigation or potential litigation an additional duty arises to preserve relevant material. Once records be |
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The duty to preserve6 records during the pendency of litigation overrides any business procedures that may be in place for destruction of records, including otherwise appropriate destruction under a records retention program. Once the duty to preserve is |
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The early concept of an MIS, commonplace in the 1960s and early 1970s, was that systems analysts would determine the information requirements of individual managers in an organization, and would design systems to supply that information routinely and/or o |
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The Election Results Are In! |
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The engrossed copy of a bill that has passed both Houses together with its engrossed amendments is the official working copy from which an enrolled bill is prepared. |
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The environment in which records reside can either increase or decrease their reliability and trustworthiness. The courts bestow a high degree of trust in records that are 'kept in the regular course of business activity . . . as shown by the testimony o |
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The examination of documents issued by public authorities reveals the existence of two distinct types of actions, or act: those which were undertaken by the authority on its own direct initiative, of its own will, in the context of its political-sovereign |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Finding Aid PLASC Blog |
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The fine-grain [master], which is also called a 'protection master,' can be used to make duplicate negatives from which other prints are struck. Also, if the original negative is damaged – and many of them eventually are – you can copy a segment of the fi |
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The first mechanical method of copying to gain widespread use in American business was press copying, first patented by James Watt in 1780 but not widely adopted in business until much later. As the technology came into common use, a screw-powered letter |
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The first workable collotype process made known; invented by Josef Albert of Munich. . . . The process is said to give prints with fine half-tones, but it requires considerable care and experience in manipulation, much depending on the printing. |
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