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Using Functional Analysis in Archival Appraisal
A Practical and Effective Alternative to Traditional Appraisal Methodologies
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2014
Summary
The identification of recorded information with continuing value that documents corporate and cultural memory is one of the archivist’s primary tasks, and he/she accomplishes this mission, in part, through the process of appraisal. But does traditional archival appraisal, based on the concepts of primary and evidential values, effectively serve the needs of institutional archivists and records managers? In an age of scarcity and the challenge of electronic records, can archivists and records managers continue to rely upon a methodology essentially unchanged since the early 1950s?
Using Functional Analysis in Archival Appraisal: A Practical and Effective Alternative to Traditional Appraisal Methodologies shows how archivists in other countries are already using functional analysis, which offers a better, more effective, and imminently more practical alternative to traditional appraisal methodologies that rely upon an analysis of the records themselves.
From this book, information professionals will learn
what functional analysis is and how it is already used around the world;
its useful application for a variety of record types and media, including print, non-textual, electronic, and “born-digital” records;
how functional analysis provides an alternative to a hierarchical arrangement scheme based upon record groups, sub-groups, and series that mimics the structure of an institution or organization;
a recommended process for the practical and effective implementation of functional analysis.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8797-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8798-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
170
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Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Photos, Figures, Tables, and Textboxes No access
Preface: Functional Analysis for the Lone Arranger No access
Chapter 1. The Custodial Era No access
Chapter 2. The Postcustodial Era No access
Chapter 3. Functional Analysis at Work No access
Chapter 4. Functional Analysis on the Far Side of the World No access
Chapter 5. Setting the Stage No access
Chapter 6. Appraisal Information and Analysis No access
Chapter 7. Electronic Records No access
Chapter 8. The Professional Critique of Functional Analysis No access
Appendix A. Archives and Records Management Policy Statement No access Pages 107 - 108
Appendix B. Student Assistant Position Descriptions No access Pages 109 - 112
Appendix C. Student Assistant Evaluation Form No access Pages 113 - 114
Appendix D. Project Memo of Introduction No access Pages 115 - 116
Appendix E. Selected Bibliography and Discussion Questions No access Pages 117 - 118
Appendix F. Information Collection Training Outline: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives No access Pages 119 - 120
Appendix G. Information Collection Databases No access Pages 121 - 122
Appendix H. Sample Appraisal Report (Abridged): Academic and Career Advisement Center (ACAC) No access Pages 123 - 128
Appendix I. Electronic Records Management Policy Statement No access Pages 129 - 138
Appendix J. Sample Electronic Records Microappraisal Datasheet No access Pages 139 - 140
Appendix K. E-mail at Northern Michigan University: Presentation Outline No access Pages 141 - 144
Appendix L. Organizing Electronic Records: A Basic Approach No access Pages 145 - 146
