The end of archival ideas?

Gauld, Craig

doi:10.29085/9781783302192.010

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“…Over the next 120 years, the industry exhibits contention and rhythms of epistemological reasoning that entrench analog-record theories and divert from radical advancements. Points of debate include defining records, the biases of archivists, postmodernism, and post-custodialism (Gauld 2018, Gilliland 2014, Klett 2019, Ridener 2009. Ridener (2009) explains, "The tension between appraisal and custody, between passive and active archival practice, between history "as it happened" and communication through historical records is rooted in the discourse between subjectivity and objectivity in archival theory.…”

Section: A Collective Archival Blinkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is a global problem, because the requirements of digital records are different from those of paper records" (81). Today, efforts towards implementing appraisal automation and developing consensus about intangible-record management remain arduous and fragmented (Gauld 2018, Gilliland 2014, Klareld 2017, Klett 2019, Goudarouli et al, 2019.…”

Section: A Collective Archival Blinkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, at this moment, the internet is the literal lifeline and livelihood of humanity because COVID-19 forced digital adoption over the tipping point. Gauld (2018) and Theimer (2018) argue that archival influence lags because the industry remains in a position of fear of competition and limits itself through circuitous debate. Archivists who persist without to change, lose the capability to participate and grow with current society.…”

Section: A Collective Archival Blinkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Digital information generation is integral within societal behavior, and the digitization of analog records is a process of perpetual motion -one changes as society changes. (Carayannis et al 2015, Flinn 2007, Gauld 2018. "Technology has shifted the power away from the organization and the information professional towards the individual user.…”

Section: The Active Information Consumermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The old ways of organizing knowledge no longer work" (478). In addressing concerns about the archival community, Gauld (2018) concurs: "Put succinctly, ideas in the archival sphere are past their prime in an Age of Information" (138).…”

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confidence: 99%

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WAKING TO NORMAL: Examining Archival Appraisal in Data-driven Society

Fitzgerald¹

2020

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The COVID-19 environment, where the internet is the literal lifeline and livelihood of humanity, has exposed the chasm between those equipped for technological existence and those shocked by abrupt isolation. For archives, many institutions are on an unforgiving precipice of irrelevancy. The focus of this paper is not to iterate the necessity of archival theory but to examine the position of appraisal within a technologically-driven, internet society. Of significance to this evaluation is that organization, retrieval, and use of information have evolved, and users are central players in curation cycles. Also, of importance are those archives shifting to, and innovating, decentralized digital models - and thriving. A historical overview of both fields shows that appraisal falters in technical maturation and in response to changes in how society generates, captures, and retrieves information. There exist alternate paradigms for archival roles and appraisal, however, including recognizing that users derive the interpretation of information and that transdisciplinary archivists are vital. There are also developments in digital archives where access is the bedrock of the arrangement and description and the entire appraisal process.

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Section: A Collective Archival Blinkmentioning

confidence: 99%