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Developing and maintaining practical archives : a how-to-do-it manual

Gregory S. Hunter

New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers c2003

Localização: IF - Instituto de Física    (R027.0202 H945d 2.ed. )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Developing and maintaining practical archives : a how-to-do-it manual
  • Autor: Gregory S. Hunter
  • Assuntos: Archives -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Archives -- Handbooks; Archives -- Guides, manuels, etc; Archiv; Inventarisierung; ARQUIVOS -- MANUAIS
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-449) and index.
  • Descrição: 1. Introduction to archives and manuscripts : Basic definitions ; The archival mission ; Differences between libraries and archives ; A brief history of archives ; A brief history of manuscript collecting ; The archival profession today -- 2. Conducting a survey and starting an archival program : Institutional context ; Surveys: an introduction ; Types of surveys ; Survey goals ; Planning a survey ; Implementing a survey ; Surveying individual departments ; Starting an archival program -- 3. Selection and appraisal : The values of records ; Archival value: classic appraisal theory ; Case study ; Beyond Schellenberg: refinements of American appraisal theory ; International perspectives on appraisal -- 4. Acquisitions and accessioning : Acquisitions ; Developing an acquisition policy ; Applying an acquisition policy ; Cooperative collecting and documentation ; Strategies ; Accessions and accessioning -- 5. Arrangement : Basic principles ; Five levels of arrangement ; Arranging a collection -- 6. Description : Objectives of a description program ; Three categories of finding aids ; Networked information systems ; Five characteristics of a good finding aid ; Forging a descriptive system: final considerations -- 7. Preservation : The preservation problem ; Preservation surveys ; The storage environment ; Treatment of materials -- 8. Security and disaster planning : Security ; Disaster planning -- 9. Access, reference, and outreach : Access ; Reference ; Outreach and promotion -- 10. Digital records : The nature of the problem ; Foundational research ; Approaches to managing digital records ; Suggestions for the practical archivist -- 11. Audiovisual archives : Photographs ; Film ; Videotape ; Sound recordings -- 12. Management : Management basics ; Management and leadership ; Organizational culture ; Planning ; Leading people ; Managing finances ; Managing facilities ; Managing technology ; Fundraising and development ; Public relations and marketing -- 13.
    Provides an introduction to archives and manuscripts and explains to librarians how to conduct a survey, start an archives program, and handle selection and appraisal, acquisitions and accessioning, arrangement, description, preservation, security and disaster planning, electronic records, and access, reference, and outreach.
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 122.
  • Editor: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2003
  • Formato: xxiv, 457 p. : ill. ; 28 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês

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