No innocent deposits forming archives by rethinking appraisal

• Main Author: Cox, R. J ox, R. J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD Scarecrow Press 2004
• Subjects: ppraisal of archival material
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The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do not just happen, but are consciously shaped (an...

Table of Contents:

• Treasures everywhere
• The end of collecting : towards a new purpose for archival appraisal
• The archivist and collecting : how others might see archivists as collectors
• The traditional archival and historical records program in the digital age reasures everywhere
• The end of collecting : towards a new purpose for archival appraisal
• The archivist and collecting : how others might see archivists as collectors
• The traditional archival and historical records program in the digital age : a cautionary tale
• The archivist and collecting : a view from the inside
• Metascheduling : rethinking archival appraisal and records management scheduling
• Evidence and archives
• Archives and the digital future
• Appraisal as an act of memory
• Archival appraisal alchemy