Memory of the World Programme
Memory of the World Programme
Collection: a set of documents selected individually
Conservation: those actions involving minimal
technical intervention required to prevent further deterioration
to original materials. Such actions are necessary because it is
recognized that the original medium, format and content are important
for research or other purposes, eg. to retain aesthetic, material,
cultural and historic qualities
Document: is used generically to include
all forms of books, manuscripts, records and other classes of
material containing information or other material of intellectual
content, regardless of the actual medium or format employed
Documentary heritage: individual documents, collections,
holdings and fonds which have intentionally or unintentionally
been retained
Endangered documentary heritage: documentary
collections which are threatened by physical deterioration or
destruction
FIAF: International Federation of Film Archives
FIAT/IFTA: International Federation of Television
Archives
FID: International Federation for Documentation
Fonds: a body of records generated organically
and naturally through the normal actions and transactions of the
creator
Format: refers to the class of document with
respect to its style, arrangement or layout
Holding: a collection or set of collections
held by an institution or individual, or a fonds or record group
held by an archive
IAML: International Association of Music
Librarians
IASA: International Association of Sound
Archives
ICCROM: International Centre for Conservation in
Rome
ICA: International Council on Archives
ICOM: International Council of Museums
IFLA: International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions
IIC: International Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works
Intrinsic value: term used to describe historical
materials that should be retained in their original form rather
than as copies
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
Medium: refers to the material upon which
the original document was recorded
PGI: General Information Programme of UNESCO
Preservation: encompasses all actions required
to make documentary heritage accessible for as long as it is required.
It involves controlling the environment and conditions of use
and may include treatment in order to maintain an object, as nearly
as possible, in an unchanging state. In the case of archival material,
moving image and sound, this may involve transfer to another medium.
Record Group: A theoretical unit for the purpose of archival control used to describe:
All of the records of an agency
A body of archives organizationally and functionally related
on the basis of provenance.
Records: documents containing data or information
of any kind and in any form, created or received and accumulated
by an organization or person in the transaction of business or
the conduct of affairs and subsequently kept as evidence of such
activity through incorporation into the recordkeeping system of
the organization or person. Records are the information by-products
of organizational and social activity.
