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[Henry Adams'] 1910 report 'To American Teachers of History' . . . attempted to demonstrate that Darwinism, thermodynamics and modern scientific thought must influence the teaching of history as a scientific discipline. He argued that historians must re |
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The archivists considering the records to be appraised will study their age, volume, and form, and will analyze their functional, evidential, and informational characteristics. |
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This idea of Jenkinson's [that archivists ought not to be in the business of destroying records] has, as might be expected, almost universal condemnation by archivists who routinely conduct appraisal, often nowadays mandated in legislation where public re |
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The basis on which appraisal decisions should be made has been the subject of intense professional debate. Some archival theorists, notably Jenkinson, argue that such decisions should not be made by archivists at all, but only by records creators. In th |
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There are five analyses that make up the basic tools archivists need in their appraisal kits to identify and select records of enduring value. These are an analysis: of a record's functional characteristics – who made the record and for what purpose; of t |
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Annotation is, of course, one of the most basic and important ways we have to tailor a document to particular circumstances of use. . . . We may write on a memo or a printed copy of an e-mail message, then fax the annotated copy to someone else. Or we m |
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Annotations (additions made to a record after it has been created) . . . fall into three basic groups: 1) additions made to the record after its creation as part of its execution (e.g., the date and time of transmission added to an email record at the mom |
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Even while establishing the documentary texts that form the core of any edition, editors must consider the documents' need for editorial explanatory or informational annotation, glossaries and gazetteers, back-of-book records, and even the form of the ind |
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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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Analytical (sometimes called critical) bibliography, and its related studies of historical, textual, and descriptive bibliography, is the 'study of books as material objects.' It is a specialty within library and humanistic spheres that studies the book a |
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Analytical bibliography studies the processes of making books, especially the material modes of production, including the practices of [a] scriptorium or printing shop. One of the purposes of analytical bibliography is to understand how the processes of m |
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Ancient documents or data compilation. Evidence that a document or data compilation, in any form, (A) is in such condition as to create no suspicion concerning its authenticity, (B) was in a place where it, if authentic, would likely be, and (C) has been |
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These rules are designed for use in the construction of catalogues and other lists in general libraries of all sizes. They are not specifically intended for specialist and archival libraries, but such libraries are recommended to use the rules as the basi |
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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 record cannot be altered so as to show anything not in the instrument recorded at the time of the original record. |
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It has been stated that the amendment of a record should be made not by erasures and interlineations on the record book but by drawing out the amendment in form and annexing it to the books where the original is recorded, so that the whole matter will app |
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[amendment] 1. A change made in proposed legislation after it has been formally introduced. An amendment may be proposed by the committee to which the bill was referred, or it may be proposed by a Member from the floor of either House when it is brought u |
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The American Association for State and Local History provides leadership, service, and support for its members, who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American Society. |
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The USA organization for issuing recommendations as to the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. . . . From 1918, when it was founded, until 1966 it was known as the American Standards Association (ASA) and from then until Octobe |
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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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[albumen process] Negatives: An old process invented by Niepce de St. Victor, in 1848. Glass was coated with albumen containing potassium iodide, and the film was sensitized by dipping in a nitrate of silver bath. Many modifications followed, but probabl |
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Papers which are to remain acid free for long periods of time, e.g., 500 years, should have approximately 3% precipitated carbonate by weight of paper. |
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Alphanumeric filing may use a combination of personal or business names and numbers, or more commonly, subject names and numbers. Once the alphabetic divisions or topic headings and appropriate subdivisions have been determined, number categories can be a |
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Alteration of records is analogous to the destruction of records in that the original informational content of the records is obliterated and rendered unavailable for future use. |
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Administratively controlled information is information which must not be released for public dissemination. This includes FOIA-exempt information, Privacy Act restricted information, and other information to which access is restricted such as individual m |
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