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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 ...
The term Open Archival Information System (or OAIS) refers to the ISO OAIS Reference Model for an OAIS. This reference model is defined by recommendation CCSDS 650.0-M-2-S of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems; [1] this text is identical to ISO 14721:2012. The CCSDS's purview is space agencies, but the OAIS model it developed has ...
Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings, photographs and various other materials in physical or digital formats. To build and curate an archive, one must acquire and evaluate the materials, and be able to access them later.
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consist of a variety of forms, including letters, diaries, logs, other personal documents, government ...
Archival informatics is the theory and application of informatics in and around the realm of archives and record keeping. [1] More specifically, it refers to the proper understanding and use of emerging technologies, techniques, and theories such as linguistic analysis, heuristics, and automation in the storage, manipulation and retrieval of archives and databases.
File extension(s) [a] MIME type [b] Official name [c] Platform [d] Description .a, .ar application/x-archive Unix Archiver: Unix-like The traditional archive format on Unix-like systems, now used mainly for the creation of static libraries.
Archives management is the area of management concerned with the maintenance and use of archives.It is concerned with acquisition, care, arrangement, description and retrieval of records once they have been transferred from an organisation to the archival repository.
Archival processing is the act of surveying, arranging, describing, and performing basic preservation activities on the recorded material of an individual, family, or organization after they are permanently transferred to an archive. A person engaging in this activity is known as an archival processor, archival technician, or archivist.