David A. Wallace

Archival Education in North American Library and Information Science Schools.

American archival education at the graduate level developed gradually throughout the twentieth century. In the past decade, however, its development has accelerated, and firmer foundations were built in graduate library and information science (LIS) programs throughout North America. Our findings indicate strength and individualization in graduate level archival education programs, a dramatic increase in full-time, tenure-track faculty, a growing number of course offerings often eclipsing the LIS offerings in an archival students course of study, and the nascent development of degrees acknowledging the archives and records field. Despite the substantial growth of archival education within the LIS schools, there is confusion or lack of understanding about the archival field by these schools as well as a lack of commitment by archival professional associations to advocate for specific changes in archival education.

Archiving metadata forum: Report from the Recordkeeping Metadata Working Meeting, June 2000

Between June 5–8, 2000, the Netherlands Institute for Archival Education and Research hosted and “Archiving Metadata Forum” Working Meeting. Nineteen information professionals from seven countries were invited by the Institute to discuss and analyze the concept on “recordkeeping metadata.” These professionals were drawn from the fields of archives and records management, including eight graduate archival educators, computer science, and librarianship (see Appendix). Over the days of the Working Meeting the participants conducted seven working sessions examining: the meaning and value of recordkeeping metadata; how to export these messages in a manner that resonates with other metadata communities; and, how to enter existing funding streams that do not normally support recordkeeping research efforts.

Educating archivists in library and information science schools : KALIPER project: Final report

The development of graduate level archival education has been slow. In the past ten years, however, this process has accelerated, and firmer foundations have been created in universities throughout North America. The strength of these graduate-level archival education programs can be seen in the diversification and increased visibility of archival programs; greater numbers of full-time and tenure-track faculty; a broader array of course offerings specifically in the archives and records area; and the nascent development of degrees acknowledging the archives and records field. This article traces the development and the status of archival programs within library and information science (LIS).

And the last shall be first: recordkeeping policies and the NII

The lack of attention to recordkeeping issues in NII activities is not surprising given that recordkeeping is neither a generic activity nor an end in itself which can be evaluated apart form the objectives of a broad range of NII-related applications. A fruitful understanding of the role and value of record-keeping for the NII can be derived from understanding model recordkeeping policies and how they might be integrated into the specific needs and requirements of particular application areas

Museums on the world wide web: A survey and analysis of sixteen institutions

Unfortunately, for all four types of museums surveyed, the amount of digitized object offerings is not as robust as one would hope or expect. And, it is not entirely clear as to why this is the case. Copyright concerns? Cost issues? Unclear benefits? While museums may have sound justifications at this point in not offering a wide assortment of images, there is no clear reason why documentation was found to be so often lacking. Documentation is one of the crucial areas in the networked digital environment. It can help ensure that issues such as authenticity and ownership are well-managed in the digital realm. The WWW would also appear to provide an ideal mechanism through which to host non-current exhibitions, providing over future years rich collection tools of continuously available highly structured content.