Diversity is a cornerstone of archival practice, both within organizations and throughout the field at large
Archival Management
Description is a cornerstone of archival practice, providing the means for users and archivists to understand, access, and interpret materials.
Archival Management
Mixed-media archives, which contain physical and digital records, present unique challenges for archival arrangement. These collections require archivists to develop strategies that address the different needs of physical and digital materials while maintaining the collection’s coherence and accessibility.
Archival Management
Digital records have introduced new challenges to traditional archival arrangement practices. While the principles of original order and provenance remain relevant, the nature of digital materials requires archivists to adapt these principles to new formats and technologies.
Archival Management
Archival arrangement organizes and structures archival materials to ensure efficient management, access, and preservation.
Archival Management
Redaction in archival work—obscuring or removing sensitive information from records—has become a central concern in contemporary archival ethics. As archives increasingly acquire born-digital records and digitize historical collections for online access, archivists must grapple with data privacy, access, transparency, and potential harm.
