| Description |
xv, 357 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Reprinted 2002." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
1. The European tradition. Some aspects of archival development since the French Revolution / Ernst Posner -- Reflections of an archivist / Hilary Jenkinson -- 2. Pre-archival functions. Archivists and records managers : variations on a theme / Frank B. Evans -- Records management and the walking archivist / Patricia Bartkowski -- Archival Janus : the records center / Herbert E. Angel -- 3. Records appraisal. The appraisal of modern public records / T.R. Schellenberg -- Appraising machine-readable records / Charles M. Dollar -- No grandfather clause : reappraising accession records / Leonard Rapport -- Intrinsic value in archival materials -- 4. Archival acquisition. Good sense and good judgement : defining collections and collecting / Mary Lynn McCree -- Archival collection development : building a successful acquisitions program / Richard M. Kesner -- A primer on manuscript field work / Virginia R. Stewart -- The gift and the deed / Trudy Huskamp Peterson -- 5. Arrangement. Archival principles of arrangment / T.R. Schellenberg -- Archival arrangement--five different operations at five levels / Oliver W. Holmes -- Organizing photo collections : an introspective approach / Nancy E. Malan -- Aural and graphic archives and manuscripts / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- 6. Description. Efficient finding aids : developing a system for control of archives and manuscripts / Lydia Lucas -- The preparation of inventories at the National Archives / Edward E. Hill -- The place of the register in the manuscripts division of the Library of Congress / Katharine E. Brand -- Subject guides / Virginia C. Purdy. |
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7. Reference. Reference / George Chalou -- The illusion of omnisicience : subject access and the reference archivist / Mary Jo Pugh -- 8. Public programs. Education programs : outreach as an administrative function / Elsie Freeman [Freivogel] -- Archival exhibits : considerations and caveats / Joan Rabins -- 9. Establishing priorities. Management concepts and archival administration / James C. Worthy -- When is a collection processed? / Megan Floyd Desnoyers -- The archival edge / F. Gerald Ham -- Appendix. Introduction to archival terminology / Maygene F. Daniels. |
| Subject |
Archives -- Administration.
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Archives -- Processing -- Reference books.
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Archival materials.
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Archives, Technical.
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Archives -- Gestion.
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Archives -- Administration. (OCoLC)fst00814035
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Archivverwaltung. (DE-588)4142975-8
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Archivverwaltung.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Archives.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Daniels, Maygene F.
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Walch, Timothy, 1947-
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United States. National Archives and Records Service.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Modern archives reader. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, U.S. General Services Administration, 1984 (OCoLC)643999328 |
| ISBN |
0911333118 |
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9780911333114 |
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0911333126 (pbk.) |
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9780911333121 (pbk.) |
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