[Personal_archives] SISPA - Arrangement discussion readings

[Heather Home]

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the delay in getting this started, I have been awaiting 
permission to distribute a couple of the articles on arrangement that 
were selected. Attached are the Hurley and Powell articles in pdf format 
from Archives & Manuscripts, as well as the Arrangement of Archival 
Units article/section by Michael Swift from the 1972 PAC summer course 
material (be aware that it does start part-way through as the first 
section was on government records). Here are the links to the other 
readings:
NSARM's Rules for Archival Arrangement: 
http://gov.ns.ca/nsarm/about/policies/raa.pdf
NSARM's Policy on Archival Arrangement: 
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/about/policies/arrangement.pdf
Sarah Kim's dissertation proposal "Personal Digital Archives: 
Preservation of Documents, Preservation of Self":
http://srhkim.com/files/PhD-proposal-final-sarahkim-dissemination.pdf

Some of the articles are relatively old, but I like to think of them as 
classics. The idea is to read them and think about whether or not they 
hold up intellectually or practically in the current landscape. There 
are also some practical "rules" regarding arrangement that have been 
codified by NSARM in their policies and procedures which I think pose 
some interesting questions. And last but not least, there is a 
contemporary dissertation proposal about personal digital archives, 
which I am hoping we can consider in terms of the historic thinking on 
arrangement.

I am aiming for the discussion to begin on January 30th and continue for 
the week. If the readings strike a cord with any actual arrangement 
decisions or problems you have had with particular fonds, please take 
note and bring these real-life examples into the discussion. And of 
course, it goes without saying, that all the articles are for personal 
and private use and not for distribution.

Happy reading,
Heather

-- 
Heather Home, B.A., M.A.S.
Public Services/Private Records Archivist
Queen's University Archives, Kathleen Ryan Hall
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
t: 613.533.6000 x74456
f: 613.533.6403

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