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Starting an Archives
Author(s): Elizabeth Yakel (Author)
- Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
- Publication Date: 7 Nov. 1996
- Language: English
- Print length: 108 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810828642
- ISBN-13: 9780810828643
Book Description
The book provides a theoretical rationale for the establishment of an archival program and discusses the managerial, financial, and administrative implications involved in beginning an archives. At the same time, however, it approaches the subject of starting an archives in a practical manner. There are clear descriptions of archival activities, samples of the important archival policy documents and forms, and a current bibliograohy which points to additional texts for further reference. Information on archival organizations is also included to help beginning archives locate and join local and national professional archival networks.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Her book is recommended for any organization interested in starting an archives.
This valuable text is clearly the starting point for anyone involved in a process that may lead to starting an archives.
This book fills a useful niche in the literature and will introduce its subject to many in related professional or administrative fields where the message needs to be got across.
…an attractive publication for the non-archivist who may have to assume some responsiblity for an in-house archives.
Examples and illustrations are drawn from many kinds of archives, so that the manual would be equally useful for a business, a religious community, a college or university, a local historical society, or a government agency…The order of preservation is logical, the coverage is broad, of course, but thorough, and each chapter gives reliable advice in a helpful way…Starting an Archives is suitable for anyone contemplating the establishment of such a program, and all the steps in it should be considered and planned before such a program is initiated. It will be helpful for basic workshops…a useful workbook for any in which the desire or necessity of controlling historical records has been recognized.
…will be an invaluable volume. It fills a need that has long existed in archival literature for a brief, readable introduction…will continue to be an essential element on the archivist”s list long after the current computer applications have gone the way of cuneiform and beta cassettes.
It is an intellectual road map to the questions which should be asked and the considerations which should be analyzed by any institution or organization deciding how to handle its accumulated records. It is cogent, well organized, and full of useful information for decision makers and those assigned the task of providing them with alternative solutions to record problems.
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