Definitions Flashcards
Access
The ability to locate relevant information through the use of catalogues, indexes, finding aids, or other tools
Acquisition policy
Identifies the kinds of materials an archive will accept. Guides staff, organizations, and donors
Administrative history/biographical sketch
Portion of a finding aid that provides context by noting essential info about creator
Archival Integrity
Principle that a body of records resulting from the same activity be keep together
Archivist
The person responsible for acquriring, processing, preserving , and providing access to records
Collection
Group of materials with some unifying characteristics
Creator
individual, group, or organization responsible of production, accumulation, or formation of archival material
Ephemera
Materials created for a specific and limited purpose
Evidential value
The quality of records that provide info about origins, functions, and activities of their creator
Primary value
The value derived from the original use that cause them to be created
Secondary value
The usefulness based on purposes other than that for which they were created
Provenance
The origin, info regarding the orgins custody, and ownership of a collection
Scope and content note
A narrative statement summarizing the described materials, their functions, type of into contained
