Main entry:

Roe, Kathleen, 1950- author.

Title & Author:

Arranging & describing archives & manuscripts / Kathleen D. Roe.

Publication:

Chicago : Society of American Archivists, [2005]
©2005

Description:

180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Archival fundamentals series. II

Restrictions:

Closed stack.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110) and index.
1. Overview -- The nature of archives and manuscripts -- Archival repositories and their clientele -- The function of arrangement and description -- The relationship of arrangement and description to other archival functions -- 2. Core concepts and principles of arrangement and description -- Defining basic terms -- Core principles guiding the practice of arrangement and description -- What "entity" should be described? -- The relationship of archival descriptive practice to libraries and museums -- When are archival arrangement and description practices appropriate? -- The relationship of the arrangement and description function to the institutional context and users -- 3. The context of arrangement and description -- Development of archival practice -- The movement toward standardizing archival arrangement and description -- 4. The practice of arrangement and description -- Overview -- Accessioning archival records -- Establishing the context in which records were created -- Arrangement of archival records -- Physically processing the records -- Description of records -- Developing access tools -- Professional standards for archival arrangement and description -- Conclusion, future directions, and issues -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Describing archives : a content standard statement of principles --Appendix B. Arrangement scenarios -- Appendix C. Examples of arrangement patterns -- Appendix D. Finding aids for sample records -- Appendix E. Examples of bibliographic description.
Read in Special Collections room only.

Summary:

Intended to provide the basic foundation for modern archival practice and theory.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

193166613X (paperback)
9781931666138 (paperback)

Subject:

Archives Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Manuscripts Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cataloging of manuscripts Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cataloging of archival materials Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Descriptive cataloging Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cataloging.
Manuscripts.
Cataloging of manuscripts.
Cataloging of archival materials.
Archives
Manuscrits.
Catalogage Manuscrits.
Catalogage Archives.
Catalogage.
Archives Guides, manuels, etc.
Manuscrits Guides, manuels, etc.
Catalogage Manuscrits Guides, manuels, etc.
Catalogage Archives Guides, manuels, etc.
Description bibliographique Guides, manuels, etc.
cataloging.
manuscripts (documents)
descriptive cataloging.
Archivalien
Verzeichnung

Form/genre:

handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Society of American Archivists, issuing body.
Archival fundamentals series. II.

Arranging and describing archives and manuscripts

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239329
Call No.: BIB 169241
Status: Available