Introduction to archival science / Romesh Chander.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Archiving is the procedure of securely storing inactive information in any format that you no longer use regular basis for long-term retention. Such data is nevertheless valuable to organizations and must be kept for future reference or regulatory compliance. Archives contain primary source documents acquired over the lifetime of an individual or organization and are retained to demonstrate the function of that person or institution. Professional archivists and historians often define archives as records that have been developed organically and inexorably as a result of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social operations.
Records that are categorized at the time of their generation constitute a large portion of public records created by state and public administration entities in general. At the same time, they are an important component of the production of historical sources, a portion of which should be permanently kept in the relevant public archives. In many cases, their information substance and informative worth for future historical science is vastly higher. However, the occurrence of classified documents, including at least minimal access to them, is of vital importance to modern society and the maintenance of a functioning quality democracy. Giving users access in a way that clearly illustrates how and why some records are available while others are not is a significant difficulty for digital archives, no matter what the archive is or how extensive it is. Sustainable methods of maintaining and creating archives must be developed, and the themes in this volume illuminate numerous approaches.
This book addresses the theory, methodology, and practice of archive science. Furthermore, it studies various cultural approaches to the development, administration, and dissemination of archives, records, and data. It also aims to facilitate the interchange and comparison of concepts, perspectives, and attitudes concerning recordkeeping concerns around the world. The book also looks at the present challenges and opportunities for born-digital and digitized archives in the digital humanities, with a special emphasis on access."