Just a quick question, what is artificial collection?


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> From: "Lucas. Arel" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Help or advice re:Artificial collections
> Date:         Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:55:17 -0700
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> Introductory page viii of the new descriptive manual *Describing Archives:
> A Content Standard* (2004, published and distributed by SAA) says "Gone is
> the motion of the 'artificial' collection.  Materials that are gathered
> together by a person, family, or organization irrespective of their
> provenance are intentionally and consciously assembled for some purpose.
> Most repositories in the U.S. have such collections, and they need to be
> handled and described the same way as materials traditionally considered to
> be 'organic.'"
> 
> Further to this, on page xv, in "Statement of Principles," under "Principle
> 8," "The repository as collector does not need to be described."
> 
> So under current rules of description, you do everything the same as if the
> collector were outside your repository, but you do not need to describe the
> repository under "administrative" or "biographical" history.
> 
> Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I about DACS could elaborate?
> 
> Arel
> (the usual disclaimers)
> Arel Lucas, C.A.
> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus
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> From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Bishop, Lawrence P
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:38 AM
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> Subject: Help or advice re:Artificial collections
> 
> Hello all,
> I'm writing about a subject that seems to be generally ignored in the
> literature; artificial collections, i.e. archival colections of disparate
> types of materials, from multiple sources, or from unknown sources, but
> connected topically. Can anyone point me to any scholarly texts on the
> subject? Are there any? The phrase "artificial collection" appears in
> glossaries of archival terms, but nowhere have I yet to find writing on the
> pros and cons or the processing methodologies used in such collections. How
> do archivists generally approach such "collections?" I would very much
> appreciate any suggestions or insights on this topic.
> Larry Bishop,
> California State University, Sacramento
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