A retrieval system includes a functional part with management lifecycle archived documents (categorization and classification, traceability, access rights, rules retention / destruction) and a technical section with storage, security, conservation and sustainability of media (platform conservation). Certain activities may be delegated to tools or operators outside the archive. Archived documents still share today between paper documents (stocks still large) and digital documents (increasing share of flows), without forgetting the other archival forms: films, objects, pieces of material. The archiving system can be manual (for paper) or automated.
Technological archiving is considered a set of actions, tools and methods used to collect, identify, select, classify and preserve electronic content on a secure medium, in order to exploit them and make them accessible over time. The duration of the archive is based on the value of the content and most often lasts on the medium or long term.
Archives are not simply the conservation of an achievable content of this for the future. The present and its relationship with the future, as Derrida says: ‘The archivization produces as much as it records the event’.
Such as Freud’s house that was turned into a museum, in way to make future generations remember the source of the foundation of psychoanalysis. The official website is used as a technological structure and allows the globalisation of the museum; people can access the
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The procedures that need to be followed when retrieving information for paper based information consist of finding out whether you are allowed access to the information, finding out where the information is stored if you are allowed access to it, looking for the information, taking it from its storage place remembering how it was stored for when the information is to be put back. The procedures that need to be followed when deleting information for paper based information consist of finding out if the information is confidential or not normally something that is confidential has address or names on it, if the information is confidential then it needs to be cross-cut shredded if the information is not confidential then it can be shredded normally. The procedures that need to be followed when archiving information for electronic based information consist of checking to see if the information contains legal information or long-term business obligations, checking to see if there is more than one copy of the information, if there is more than one copy of the information check to see if the extra copies can be deleted, if the
EDM allows for the management of diverse types of document storage in an organization using collaboration software and storage ("IBM FileNet", n.d.). Each line of business has diverse business processes and procedures for storing and retrieving their internal documents. Each document that is loaded in the EDM system, IBM FileNet, is stored with particular metadata and retention record information. Choice lists are maintained to aid the user with data integrity and consistency. Furthermore, the document owners can request their file to be content-based retrieval enabled. This allows for keyword searches within the application to find documents based on keywords, not just metadata captured during the original load or check-in of the
The Digital Curation Task Force (DCTF) is charged with developing a digital curation plan for a small university archives organizationally located within the library structure. The focus of the plan is on the feasibility of building a digital repository program for the archives to provide better access to their holdings.
The author talks about how text that goes with objects in museums directs the reader towards the “preferred reading” or preferred meanings of the object.
Before the creation of technology, many of the discovered documents “have deteriorated physically, and torn corners or margin nibble away by time can swallow words whole. The writing in the margins has often become illegible, and a single missing word can leave their meaning in suspense” (Farge 56). This was an issue that occurred frequently towards the researcher because some of them were incomplete and may have possible hold the answers to the questions. Many of these documents may have been exposed to elements, such as water, fire and others, that may have increased the deterioration rate. Luckily, technology has advanced over the years to save these documents onto the computer before disappearing forever.
The commodification of history for public consumption is a continuous process and is more prominent than ever before. In the post-modern world and particularly the capitalist society that we live in, the past is being commercialised and turned in to something of monetary worth, which can be bought or sold rather than exchanged freely. As Karl Marx proposed, it is when ‘economic value is assigned to something that traditionally would not be considered in economic terms, for example, an idea, identity, gender etc.’ Commodification tends to be highly criticised amongst conservative historians and generally associated with negative connotations.
What could be more essential to the historian than archives? Arlette Farge explains, “This is where our work begins.” However, to many, the vast repositories of records and documents seem dull and lifeless. To the eager historian, the archives are a vast and treacherous ocean and seemingly impossible to wade through. In spite of this, they are seductive to Farge, enticing her to sift through the endless Paris police records of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris. The “allure” is the innate potential of the archives to illuminate areas of the past, which would otherwise be forgotten. While historical knowledge is highly elusive and eternally incomplete, shades of the true past inhabit the archive’s documents and records. She analogizes the archive to a thick forest. When you first arrive, it will be difficult to see,
It’s stated within the SAA, Code of Ethics for Archivists, “Archives are created by a wide array of groups and provide evidence of the full range of human experience,” (2018). The history and memory of a society and or institutions and its impact contributes to society’s public infrastructure because providing access to a community or institutions’ history speaks truth to power. A society whose history is preserved empowers its constituents with knowledge giving them the opportunity to validate their own established opinions, leading them to actively take part socially and politically. An empowered citizen lacks apathy and has the ability to hold themselves and their elected officials accountable. To the same degree archivists are accountable in maintaining evidence, that could be required to provide insight for future use.
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When retrieving archived information, it is important you are aware of the document you require and have a reason to be accessing the information. Documents may contain sensitive information that may be confidential, if you have a sufficient reason to access the information then you may be given access. This may involve a process where you fill out a form stating you reason for wanting the document, the time and date, the name of the document and your department title. Otherwise this may be simply done by asking your manager for authorisation. Some digital documents may be password protected and only those who are given the password may be able to retrieve the archived information. Some documents may also require someone to record the date and times of the document being accessed, if anything has been altered and who accessed it. If a file is being accessed on a digital system, this information may be automatically recorded when you click on the document.
A museum is the house of the Ancient Muses. But for us, since the 19th century, a museum is much more than a house of bunch of semi divine chicks with weird hobbies: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flutes and lyric poetry), Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Terpsichore (dance), Erato (love poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), Urania (astronomy). We consider museums as places of solace and quietness, places were beauty and history collide to give a special experience.
Art galleries and museums are nowadays indispensable institutions mainly in important cities around the world. The Metropolis provides the perfect social and political environment to develop the civic ritual founded by Art Museums and its now rooted tradition. (Duncan, 1995, p.21) However, predominant thought that questions seeing objects in a museum is proposed by the “museum sceptics”. According to Carrier, museum sceptics state that art in museums does not survive, meaning it loses its power. Museums de facto fail to preserve the art constituted in old objects that are collected. This belief also rejects ‘time travel’ in museums since they argue that it is only an illusion. (Carrier, 2006, pp. 50-51) This is a rather philosophical approach, but it strongly rejects the claim that old
This paper discusses principles of storage and retrieval of delay sensitive multimedia data. The retrieval requirements can be discussed in terms of digital audio playback. For this, a theoretical framework can be developed for discussing real time requirements of retrieval and storage placements strategies. Data independence permits the representation of information to be changed without creating the need to change application projects utilizing the information. Physical data independence in hyper media databases hides the storage details of media artifacts, for example: resolution, segmentation, formatting, redundancy in storage etc from the data used by the applications. This helps in achieving the following goals: