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Position Statements and Resolutions A New Librarian of Congress: Qualities of a Successful Candidate mblack 21 09/02/2026 - 3:34am
Blurb A New Librarian of Congress: Qualities of a Successful Candidate mblack 09/15/2015 - 11:36am
News Article A New Archivist of the United States: Qualities of a Successful Candidate crsalgado 10 09/03/2026 - 4:20am
Glossary Citation A modern, complex, information-rich society requires that archivists reexamine their role as selectors. The changing structure of modern institutions and the use of sophisticated technologies have altered the nature of records, and only a small portion of cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Group News Item A Message From Outgoing Chair Nancy Lenoil (2018) Elessann Archives Management Section 07/23/2017 - 3:05pm
Promotional Item A Matter of Facts zimmeralc 09/10/2019 - 11:03am
Program Degree A Masters in Library and Information Science degree with a concentration in archives management eabenoit 04/08/2010 - 2:05pm
Program Degree A Master of Library and Information Science degree with a concentration in archives management klwyte 04/08/2010 - 2:03pm
Glossary Citation A lot of American 19th-century artists considered that the essence of the origin of their country was reflected in the landscape. With nature as the starting point, they developed their own artistic current which distanced itself from the European traditi cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Group News Item A Look Inside: The Associated Press Corporate Archives RyanAnthonyDonaldson 1 Business Archives Section 03/22/2026 - 5:14am
Annual Meeting Page A Joint Return to the Nation’s Capital crsalgado 03/19/2018 - 4:08pm
Group News Item A Human Rights Issue: The Records of Native American Boarding Schools (Archival Outlook) hbarlow 1 Human Rights Archives Section 04/18/2026 - 3:33am
Glossary Citation A holdings maintenance program is responsive to the institutional reality that existing records may be housed inadequately or inappropriately; that they are found in an assortment of containers, wrappers, envelopes, and folders; that they are bundled, tie cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Book page A Guide to Deeds of Gift crsalgado 11/22/2010 - 3:39pm
Glossary Citation A growing number of archivists are now urging that archival appraisal return to basics and pay more attention to the documentation of program accountability, which suggests that the informational value of information application systems may be eclipsed by cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation A growing number of archivists are now urging that archival appraisal return to basics and pay more attention to the documentation of program accountability, which suggests that the informational value of information application systems may be eclipsed by cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Timeline Event A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (Archival Fundamentals Series II) vonru22605 05/05/2011 - 12:05pm
Page A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology cp_admin 07/01/2009 - 4:01pm
News Article A Glass Half Full: US News & World Report Publishes Letter from SAA President Tim Ericson crsalgado 5 09/02/2026 - 12:46am
Book page A Final Word/Additional Resources Anonymous 5 01/14/2025 - 2:24pm
Glossary Citation A faceted structure relieves a classification scheme from the procrustean bed of rigid hierarchical and excessively enumerative subdivision that resulted in the fixed 'pigeonholes' for subjects that happened to be known or were foreseen when a system was cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation A faceted classification differs from a traditional one in that it does not assign fixed slots to subjects in sequence, but uses clearly defined, mutually exclusive, and collectively exhaustive aspects, properties, or characteristics of a class or specifi cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation A documentation strategy consists of four activities: 1. choosing and defining the topic to be documented, 2. selecting the advisors and establishing the site for the strategy, 3. structuring the inquiry and examining the form and substance of the availab cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation A documentation plan is formulated in two stages, analysis and selection. The first stage consists of three tiers of analysis: 1. an institutional analysis, 2. a comparison of the institution with others of the same type, and 3. an analysis of the relati cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:11pm
Glossary Citation A document which may be said to belong to the class of Archives is one which was drawn up or used in the course of an administrative or executive transaction (whether public or private) of which itself formed a part; and subsequently preserved in their ow cp_admin 05/24/2011 - 1:10pm