New bloggERS! post: Should we collect it because we can?

With an expanding capacity to store information in the digital age, do archivists still need to consider the size of collections in making appraisal decisions? Is it more compelling to accept a collection that can be held on a few CDs than one that occupies 30 cubic feet of climate-controlled compact shelving? Should archivists make different acquisition decisions for digital and physical collections? These questions were the topics of a break-out discussion at the 2014 Electronic Records Section of the Society of American Archivists annual meeting in Washington, DC.

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bloggERS!: Should we collect it because we can?