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  2. Encoded Archival Description - Wikipedia

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    While libraries contain individual items, such as books and journals, of which multiple, identical copies exist, archives contain records that are both unique and interrelated. [10] Archives represent the activities of a person, family or organization that are created and accumulated naturally in the course of their ordinary activities. [ 10 ]

  3. Archival research - Wikipedia

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    Archival research lies at the heart of most academic and other forms of original historical research; but it is frequently also undertaken (in conjunction with parallel research methodologies) in other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, including literary studies, rhetoric, [4] [5] archaeology, sociology, human geography, anthropology, psychology, and organizational studies ...

  4. Library (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a library is a collection of resources that is leveraged during software development to implement a computer program. Commonly, a library consists of executable code such as compiled functions and classes, or a library can be a collection of source code. A resource library may contain data such as images and text.

  5. Information retrieval - Wikipedia

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    The information need can be specified in the form of a search query. In the case of document retrieval, queries can be based on full-text or other content-based indexing. Information retrieval is the science [ 1 ] of searching for information in a document, searching for documents themselves, and also searching for the metadata that describes ...

  6. List of numerical libraries - Wikipedia

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    IML++ is a C++ library for solving linear systems of equations, capable of dealing with dense, sparse, and distributed matrices. IT++ is a C++ library for linear algebra (matrices and vectors), signal processing and communications. Functionality similar to MATLAB and Octave. LAPACK++, a C++ wrapper library for LAPACK and BLAS; MFEM is a free ...

  7. Archival science - Wikipedia

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    Archival records must be what they claim to be; accurately represent the activity they were created for; present a coherent picture through an array of content; and be in usable condition in an accessible location. [2] An archive curator is called an archivist; the curation of an archive is called archive administration.

  8. List of archives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of archives from around the world. An archive is an establishment that collects, stores and preserves knowledge in several formats: books , manuscripts , journals , newspapers , magazines , sound and music recordings , videos , play-scripts, patents , databases , maps , stamps , prints , drawings and more.

  9. Archive - Wikipedia

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    An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located. [1] [2]Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the history and function of that person or organization.