The basics of intellectual control of records are similar in concept to the levels of archival description with record groups, subgroups, series, and items.
Electronic Records and Traditional Archival Values
Retention costs for electronic records are higher than for physical records in every respect, the only exception being the actual space it takes to store digital materials. But that downside is balanced because electronic records allow for the presentation and retrieval of information in ways that have not been possible in an analog world.
Supercharge Your LIS Career
Earlier this week, my friend Tom Nielsen and I presented a session, You and Your Career, at the Special Libraries Association annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona. In the workshop, we discussed the myriad of ways in which LIS students and early career professionals can take their careers to the next level. The goal of the class is to prepare current and future information professionals by:
- increasing self-awareness and understanding of their preferences
- improving their knowledge of professional workplace skills
- developing an understanding of the many ways to engage professionally within the field
Protect Your Past
Reviewers Love Project Management for Information Professionals
Records as Evidence and Information Containers
Preserving the Usability of Digital Records
Career Advice for Archivists
The past several years for me have been quite a journey. I started my own consulting business, wrote a few books, started teaching at universities, worked with a number of clients, and expanded my professional network substantially. I also shared some of the lessons I learned from working as a self-employed archivist. Here are some of the most popular posts on my career advice.
Digitization and Digital Preservation in Heritage Organizations
Digital preservation requires two activities: digitizing and preserving digital objects.
Digitization is a complicated task involving the coordination of several different types of activities. As a result, projects may need to focus on these functions to varying degrees at phases of their life cycle as they move out of a start-up phase and into creation and ongoing maintenance.
Archival Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of an archival repository is to gain control of its holdings to enable discovery.
Collections with legal restrictions, fragile or damaged materials, materials with high theft potential, or collections with ethical or culturally sensitive considerations require interventions by archivists and may not be accessible for users.