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[acid-free paper] In principle, papers which contain no free acid and have a pH value of 7.0 or greater. In practice, papermakers consider a paper having a pH value of 6.0 or greater to be acid free. Such papers may be produced from cotton fibers, rags, e |
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[Acid migration] may occur either when the two materials are in contact with each other, or by vapor transfer from one material to nearby materials not actually in contact with it. Boards, endpapers, and protective tissues, as well as the paper covers of |
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Acids, and particularly the inorganic acids (because of their corrosiveness and low volatility), are harmful to paper and bookbinding materials. Their presence weakens the holding power of the individual links of the cellulose chains of paper, causing bri |
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Accuracy refers to the truthfulness of the content of the record and can only be established through content analysis. With administrative and legal records, it is usually inferred on the basis of the degree of the records' reliability and is only verifie |
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Sometimes the historical accuracy of a documentary – its relationship to the historical evidence – may be in conflict with its commercial value as entertainment. . . . To rescue [a film about native life in Samoa] from financial disaster, the producers in |
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Records produced within a short period after the event or activity occurs tend to be more readily acceptable as accurate than records produced long after the event or activity. However, a challenge to admissibility of a later-produced record can be overc |
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Under statutes which require that instruments filed for record shall be recorded at length in a book kept for that purpose it has been held that no particular method of recording is necessary, and as long as the method adopted is sufficient to give the in |
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Traditionally, archival thinking on the relationship between records and accountability has rested on a belief that the usual circumstances of records creation gives assurances of reliability and authenticity, and therefore of trustworthiness, a quality e |
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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 |
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Material issued with, and intended to be used with, the material being described. |
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Petitions, affidavits, letters, and other papers that support or oppose claims for damages, pensions, or other forms of relief for which a private bill has been introduced, or papers relating to public bills. |
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Items being removed from cold storage require time to acclimatize to regular room temperature. This can take hours, depending on the difference in temperature. Cold storage is not a practical solution for heavily consulted items. |
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Having made sure that new material has been legally transferred to your archives, the next, and vitally important, step is to gain control over it. This initial process is called accessioning3 which records information about origins, creator, contents, f |
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Matters concerning the form of access to computerized records have been adjudicated. It has been held that an agency may require a person to inspect and copy hard copy printouts, and need not provide him with a computer diskette, and that copies of comput |
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[access] To intercept, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve from or otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, network or data. |
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Although sound in theory, accelerated aging tests are, at this time, of limited usefulness. The reason is that conditions of storage, which vary widely, have a considerable influence on the degree of permanence; also, it is difficult to verify empirically |
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The Academy of Certified Archivists promotes fundamental standards of professional archival practice. |
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Z39.9 |
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