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In 1911, the Taft Commission on Economy and Efficiency evaluated the use and economics of the Photostat, a brand of photocopier, as part of its investigation of efficiency in office methods. At a cost of $500.00, the apparatus was expensive. . . . While |
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Careful physical control of records ensures that critical records are available when needed. Even when ineffective recordkeeping practices do not justify sanctions, the organization may still find itself severely disadvantaged by its inability to produce |
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The term physical form refers to the external make-up of the document, while the term intellectual form refers to its internal articulation. Therefore the elements of the former are defined by diplomatists as external or extrinsic, while the elements of |
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Through the middle of the [nineteenth] century, the pigeonhole was the primary storage device for [incoming] correspondence, sometimes supplemented by a desk spindle on which papers could be impaled. ¶ When the pigeonholes filled up, letters were of |
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(phased conservation) A concept developed at the Library of Congress, originally conceived to meet the short-term needs of items that would eventually be given full conservation treatment. Surveying is an important aspect of phased treatment; items are c |
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Copyright · Material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise commu |
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While the visual authority of the photograph is now increasingly undermined by the wizardry of digital technology, the 'truthfulness of facts' in a photograph has always been presumed to reside in its verisimilitude. Ever since Paul Delaroche purportedly |
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All images constitute a record, irrespective of the value we may attach to the information they contain. The unique property of photographic records reside in their ability to capture a moment in time and to highlight the inevitable passing of time. Altho |
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Developed by IPI, this test predicts possible interactions between photographic images and the enclosures in which they are stored. The PAT is also used to test the components of enclosures, such as adhesives, inks, paints, labels, and tapes. The test inv |
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In general, choose, as the basis of the heading for a person, the name by which he or she is commonly known. This may be the person's real name, pseudonym, title of nobility, nickname, initials, or other appellation. |
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The term personal records2 means all documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion thereof, of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other |
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The value of archives is cultural and humanistic, not just bureaucratic. Archival programs that collect records or personal papers, which may contain electronic media, find the new definition of record [as evidence of a business transaction] bewildering. |
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The French conception of respect des fonds did not include the same stricture to maintain original order (referred to in French as respect de l'ordre intérieure), largely because French archivists had been applying what was known as the principle of perti |
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Generally speaking, in the late 18th and 19th centuries a petition, unlike a memorial, included a prayer (e.g., petition of John Smith praying that his claim be granted). Memorials also express opposition to ('remonstrate against') some pending action. I |
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Copyright · To 'perform' a work means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show its images in any sequence or to make the s |
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This standard [Z39.48] identifies the specific properties of such paper and specifies the tests required to demonstrate these properties. |
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[Within the limits of present-day technology, the highest] quality of paper would be manufactured from 100% rag (new linen), flax, cotton, or hemp, undyed and unbleached, and produced by hand or machine. It would contain no loading or color additives, and |
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NARA is investigating an advanced form of conversion combined with encapsulation known as persistent object preservation (POP). Under this approach, records are converted by XML tagging and then encapsulated with metadata. |
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Persons are the subject of rights and duties; they are entities recognized by the juridical system as capable of or having the potential for acting legally. |
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The introduction of the word brochure in the 19th century was probably due to misconception of the French uses. In French brochure is used where the French pamphlet (chiefly applied to scurrilous or libelous or violently controversial pamphlets) is inap |
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Let's first take a look at the origins of the concept of the paperless office – the expectation that electronic technologies would make paper in the office a thing of the past. . . . The understanding was that it came from Xerox PARC. . . . In the mid-197 |
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One common characteristic of papyrus, regardless of quality, is the difference between the two sides of the sheet, which stems from the strips being at right angles to each other. The recto side, on which the strips run horizontally, was the side generall |
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For finer quality calf parchment, use 'vellum.' The terms parchment and vellum sometimes have been and still are both confused and used interchangeably. |
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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 |
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The archives should identify its various constituencies in terms of its purpose, plan and implement methods to assess the needs of these groups in relation to the resources of the institution, and devise outreach programs that will fit their needs. Thes |
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