Should Users Have a Role in Determining the Future Archive? The Approach Adopted by the Public Record Office, the UK National Archive, to the Selection of Records for Permanent Preservation

The Public Record Office (PRO) is the UK national archive, preserving the records of the government of the UK. This paper will describe the PRO’s approach to determining which government records merit permanent preservation, paying particular attention to the role that users play in this process. Th...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Honer, Susan Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2001-07-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Online Access:http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7657/