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Institutional Archives. Julie Holcomb, Ph.D., CA Assistant Professor, Department of Museum Studies, Baylor University. Agenda. Institutional Archives Getting Started Records Management. Institutional Archives. Records created or received by its parent institution. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Institutional Archives
Julie Holcomb, Ph.D., CAAssistant Professor, Department of Museum Studies, Baylor University
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Agenda• Institutional Archives• Getting Started• Records Management
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Institutional Archives• Records created or
received by its parent institution.
• College and university archives
• Government archives – city, county, state, federal
• Corporate archives• Museum archives
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Objectives of Institutional Archives• Preserve memory• Provide accountability• Support mission-critical activities
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Institutional Archivists• Assess the administrative, legal, and historical
value of their organization’s records• Utilize and manage their institution’s archives
as an organizational resource
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Museum Archival Collections
Institutional Archives
• Created in the course of daily operation
• Internal
Collected Archives
• Collected according to a collections policy
• External
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Institutional Archives“A museum's archives identifies, preserves and
administers records of long-term and permanent administrative, legal, fiscal, and research value not in current use. Records may be in any form—including, but not limited to, paper, electronic, photographic, and magnetic media.”
~SAA Museum Archives Guidelines
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Starting an Institutional Archives• Mission Statement– What is the mission of your museum?– What is the scope of collections?
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Institutional Archives“The collections available for study in the J. Paul Getty Trust Institutional Archives
document the Getty's activities as an international cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. They feature selected institutional records created by past and current administrative and programmatic units of the Trust, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Conservation Institute, the Education Institute, the Information Institute, the Leadership Institute, the Research Institute, and the Getty Foundation.
The collections also include documentation related to building the Getty Center and the Villa Museum, information about exhibitions, and audio-video recordings of Getty-sponsored educational programs such as symposia, conferences, and lectures.”
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Starting an Institutional Archives• Mission Statement• Does your museum have a permanent
collection?• If your museum has a permanent collection,
what types of objects are in that collection?• What is the museum’s organizational structure?
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Institutional Archives“The collections available for study in the J. Paul Getty Trust Institutional Archives
document the Getty's activities as an international cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. They feature selected institutional records created by past and current administrative and programmatic units of the Trust, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Conservation Institute, the Education Institute, the Information Institute, the Leadership Institute, the Research Institute, and the Getty Foundation.
The collections also include documentation related to building the Getty Center and the Villa Museum, information about exhibitions, and audio-video recordings of Getty-sponsored educational programs such as symposia, conferences, and lectures.”
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Starting an Institutional Archives• What are the activities of your museum (e.g.
collection, conservation, education, outreach, traveling exhibits)?
• What kinds of records are generated as a result of those activities?
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Institutional Archives“The collections available for study in the J. Paul Getty Trust Institutional Archives
document the Getty's activities as an international cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. They feature selected institutional records created by past and current administrative and programmatic units of the Trust, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Conservation Institute, the Education Institute, the Information Institute, the Leadership Institute, the Research Institute, and the Getty Foundation.
The collections also include documentation related to building the Getty Center and the Villa Museum, information about exhibitions, and audio-video recordings of Getty-sponsored educational programs such as symposia, conferences, and lectures.”
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Starting an Institutional Archives• What are the activities of your museum (e.g.
collection, conservation, education, outreach, traveling exhibits)?
• What kinds of records are generated as a result of those activities?
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Museum Archives
Activities
• Administration
• Collections
• Exhibitions
Records
• Budgets, correspondence, memos, reports, publications, etc.
• Donor files, accession records, conservation records, etc.
• Loan records, etc.
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Museum Archives Resources• Society of American Archivists –
www.archivists.org• Society of Southwest Archivists -
http://www.southwestarchivists.org/• The Academy of Certified Archivists -
http://www.certifiedarchivists.org/
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Records management• The creation, retention, and scheduled
destruction of an organization’s records regardless of format.
• The practice of identifying, classifying, archiving, preserving, and destroying records.
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Museum Archives & Records Management
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Records Life-Cycle• Creation or receipt of information in the form
of records,• Classification of the records or their
information in some logical system,• Maintenance and use of the records, and• Disposition through destruction or transfer to
an archives.
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Archival Phase• Selection/acquisition of the records by an
archives,• Description of the records in inventories, finding
aids, and the like,• Preservation of the records or, perhaps, the
information in the records, and• Reference and use of the information by
researchers ad scholars.
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• Prevent loss of information• Provide logical storage to
ease information retrieval• Establish an authorized
destruction process for information that is no longer necessary
• Reduce congestion in offices and filing cabinets
Why records management?
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Records Management• Defines a system for organizing and filing
records• Identifies clearly who is responsible for
maintaining the records• Provides a systematic method for retention or
destruction of records• Ensures compliance with applicable laws
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Records Management - Steps• Identify information needs• Develop records retention policies, or schedules• Create a storage plan based on retention schedule• Acquire, classify, and store records• Arrange for access to records• Execute the schedule for retention and destruction
as appropriate
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Records Management Resources• ARMA International -
http://www.arma.org/index.cfm• Institute of Certified Records Managers -
http://www.icrm.org/• Records Management Roundtable, SAA -
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/records-management-roundtable
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Museum Archives and Records Management Resources
• Museum Archives: An Introduction edited by Deborah Wythe
• Archival Fundamental Series II, Society of American Archivists