J.CAC VOLUME 39 (2014)
Archival Preservation and the Preservation of Archival Value
This paper briefly considers the evolving conceptions of Archival Value, Records and Preservation as discussed in archival literature and their connections to materiality in archival records. Archival preservation theory has not developed in conjunction with appraisal theory, so many routine archival practices appear to ignore the relationship between materiality and archival value, and may even obstruct, diminish or destroy the characteristics meant to define archival value today. Conservators working in archives can draw on their professional knowledge to help make connections between the significant characteristics shared by both analogue and digital records, and to work with archivists to preserve these characteristics for the future.
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