The Handbook of Archival Practice

The Handbook of Archival Practice

by Patricia C. Franks (Editor)
The Handbook of Archival Practice

The Handbook of Archival Practice

by Patricia C. Franks (Editor)

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Overview

To meet the demands of archivists increasingly tasked with the responsibility for hybrid collections, this indispensable guide covers contemporary archival practice for managing analog and digital materials in a single publication.

Terms describing activities central to the archival process—such as appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, storage, access, and preservation—are included. In addition, responsibilities traditionally considered outside the purview of the archivist but currently impacting professional activities—such as cybersecurity, digital forensics, digital curation, distributed systems (e.g., cloud computing), and distributed trust systems (e.g., blockchain)—are also covered.

The Handbook is divided into ten sections: current environment; records creation and recordkeeping systems; appraisal and acquisition; arrangement and description; storage and preservation; digital preservation; user services; community outreach and advocacy; risk management, security and privacy; and management and leadership. Some terms touch on more than one category, which made sorting a challenge. Readers are encouraged to consult both the table of contents and the index, as a topic may be addressed in more than one entry.

A total of 111 entries by 105 authors are defined and described in The Handbook. The majority (79) of the contributors were from the US, 12 from Canada, 7 from the United Kingdom, 3 from Australia, 1 each from Germany, Jamaica, New Zealand, and the Russian Federation. Because archival practice differs among practitioners in different countries, this work represents an amalgamation.

The Handbook was written primarily for archival practitioners who wish to access desired information at the point of need. However, can also serve as a valuable resource for students pursuing careers in the archival profession and information professionals engaged in related fields.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538137352
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 510
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Patricia C. Franks is professor and program coordinator for the Master of Archives and Records Administration program at the School of Information at San José State University. She is a certified archivist, certified records manager, and information governance professional and a member of ARMA International’s Company of Fellows. She currently holds the office of vice president of the National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators.

Franks is coeditor along with Luciana Duranti of the Encyclopedia of Archival Science and the Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515-2015 and coeditor along with Anthony Bernier of the International Directory of National Archives. She is author of Records and Information Management now in its second edition.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Introduction

Purpose, Scope and Target Audience

The Development Process

How to Use this Handbook

List of Illustrations

List of Figures

List of Tables

The Handbook

1: The Prevailing Environment

1.1 Archival Activism

1.2 COVID-19 Pandemic, response to

1.3 Decolonialization (of archives and records)

1.4 Ethics

1.5 Human Rights

1.6 Postcustodialism

1.7 Repatriation

1.8 Standardization

2: Records Creation and Recordkeeping Systems

2.1 Appropriate Recordkeeping System

2.2 Blockchain (for Recordkeeping)

2.3 Critical Records

2.4 Disposition

2.5 Electronic Content Management (ECM)

2.6 Employee Training

2.7 Functional Classification

2.8 Records Continuum

2.9 Records Creation and Receipt

2.10 Records Lifecycle

2.11 Records Management Program Design

2.12 Records Retention

2.13 Records System

2.14 Records System Functional Requirements

3: Appraisal and Acquisition

3.1 Accessioning

3.2 Accruals (Accretions)

3.3 Appraisal

3.4 Appraisal for Web Archives

3.5 Archival Appraisal (for Selection)

3.6 Collection Development Policy

3.7 Collection Management

3.8 Donor Relations (for Acquisition)

3.9 Macro-appraisal

3.10 Monetary Appraisal

3.11 Monetary Appraisal (Canadian Context )

3.12 Pre-acquisition Fieldwork

3.13 Reappraisal and Deaccessioning

3.14 Replevin

4: Arrangement and Description

4.1 Arrangement and Description

4.2 Backlogs

4.3 Cataloging

4.4 Crowdsourcing Metadata

4.5 Declassification

4.6 Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

4.7 Encoded Archival Standards

4.8 Finding Aid

4.9 Linked Data

4.10 Processing

4.11 Taxonomy

5: Storage and Preservation

5.1 Conservation

5.2 Digitization

5.3 Disaster Recovery Plan

5.4 Environmental Monitoring Systems

5.5 Microfilming

5.6 Physical Security

5.7 Preservation

6: Digital Preservation

6.1 Active Digital Preservation

6.2 Blockchain (for Archives)

6.3 Cloud-based Digital Preservation

6.4 Digital Archive and Preservation (DAP) Framework

6.5 Digital Curation

6.6 Digital Forensics

6.7 Digital Forensics for Archives

6.8 Digital Signatures

6.9 Digital Surrogates

6.10 Electronic Archival Services (eArchival Services)

6.11 Emulation

6.12 File Format

6.13 Migration

6.14 Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Archives

6.15 Social Media Archiving

6.16 Trusted Digital Repository

6.17 Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification

6.18 Virtual Worlds Archiving

6.19 Website Archiving

7: User Services

7.1 Accessibility

7.2 Freedom of Information Act

7.3 Instruction in Identifying Archival Sources

7.4 Inter-Institutional Archival Loan (I-IAL)

7.5 Providing Access

7.6 Reading Room

7.7 Reference Interview

7.8 Teaching and Learning with Primary Sources

8: Outreach and Advocacy

8.1 Archival Materials (Use in Education)

8.2 Community Outreach Activities

8.3 Digital Exhibition

8.4 Event Programming

8.5 Internal Advocacy (for Collection Care)

8.6 Public Awareness

8.7 Social Media Outreach

9: Risk Management, Security and Privacy

9.1 Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

9.2 Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

9.3 Cybersecurity

9.4 Dark Archives

9.5 Electronic Discovery (eDiscovery)

9.6 Information Analysis

9.7 Information Governance

9.8 PII Tools

9.9 Privacy

9. 10 Privacy by Design

9.11 Risk Management

10: Management and Leadership

10.1 Community Archives

10.2 Copyright

10.3 Copyright: Limitations and Exceptions

10.4 Copyright: Public Domain

10.5 Corporate Archives

10.6 DEAI, Managing in the Workplace

10.7 Grant Writing

10.8 Leadership

10.9 Oral History Program, Designing and Managing

10.10 Small Archives Management

10.11 Strategic Planning

10.12 Sustainability

Appendices

Appendix 1-A: Summary of ISO Standards and Technical Reports

Appendix 3-A:Collection Development Policy Sample Forms

Appendix 3-B: Donor Collections Infographics

Appendix 3-C: Field Survey Template

Appendix 5-A.1: Image Naming Conventions

Appendix 5-A.2 Photograph Scanning Resolutions

Appendix 5-B: Resources for Disaster Planning and Recovery Assistance

Appendix 8-A:Crafting Your Elevator Speech

Appendix 9-A:Donor and Third-Party Privacy Statement

Appendix 9-B:Research Privacy Statement

Appendix 9-C:Online Privacy Statements

Appendix 10-A:Fair Use Checklist

Appendix 10-B:Potential Sources of Funding for Archival Projects

Appendix 10-C:Strategic Placement Brainstorming Worksheet

About the Editor Contributors

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Index

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