The End of Collecting: Towards a New Purpose for Archival Appraisal Export

@article{citeulike:1982595, abstract = {In this essay, the authorruminates on the relationship betweencollecting and archival appraisal. He arguesthat collecting does not necessarily equalappraisal, although society and even archivistsvalue it as an important function. The authorstresses that the critical need is forarchivists to have a clear perspective, whetherhighly theoretical or immensely practical, ofwhat it is they hope to accomplish inappraising and that they need to document thisprocess so that future researchers andarchivists can understand what archivalappraisal meant. As it is, archives mightbecome more valued as important culturalsymbols than for the records they actuallyhold. The notion of an ” end” of collecting isin the sense that collecting is appraising, butappraising elevated to a professional functionrequiring more care, deliberate thought, andself-evaluation.}, author = {Cox, Richard J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1982595}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021371525793}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1023/A:1021371525793}, journal = {Archival Science}, keywords = {appraisal, archivaltheory, archives, canon}, number = {3}, pages = {287--309}, posted-at = {2007-11-25 22:38:42}, priority = {2}, title = {The End of Collecting: Towards a New Purpose for Archival Appraisal}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021371525793}, volume = {2}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1982595 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1982595 N2 - In this essay, the authorruminates on the relationship betweencollecting and archival appraisal. He arguesthat collecting does not necessarily equalappraisal, although society and even archivistsvalue it as an important function. The authorstresses that the critical need is forarchivists to have a clear perspective, whetherhighly theoretical or immensely practical, ofwhat it is they hope to accomplish inappraising and that they need to document thisprocess so that future researchers andarchivists can understand what archivalappraisal meant. As it is, archives mightbecome more valued as important culturalsymbols than for the records they actuallyhold. The notion of an “end” of collecting isin the sense that collecting is appraising, butappraising elevated to a professional functionrequiring more care, deliberate thought, andself-evaluation. IS - 3 JF - Archival Science EP - 309 TI - The End of Collecting: Towards a New Purpose for Archival Appraisal VL - 2 SP - 287 KW - appraisal KW - archivaltheory KW - archives KW - canon AU - Cox, Richard PY - 2002//28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021371525793 ER -