HMRC Daily Schedule

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Word of the Week


This week's term: archival intelligence


archival
intelligence 



n. ~ the knowledge of archival theory, concepts, practice, institutions, research tools and strategies needed to successfully engage in archival research

Broader Term
information literacy

Related Term
primary source literacy

Distinguish From
artifactual literacy

Notes
Archival intelligence includes a familiarity with typical reading room procedures, the ability to develop research strategies, facility with discovery tools, and a comprehension of the relationship between original materials and their surrogates. Also included is a basic understanding of archival functions and administration.

Categories
Theory and Principles

Cited In­­­.
Yakel, Elizabeth, and Deborah Torres, “AI: Archival Intelligence and User Expertise,” The American Archivist 66:1 (Spring/Summer 2003): 52.

Nimer, Cory L., and J. Gordon Daines III, “Teaching Undergraduates to Think Archivally,” Journal of Archival Organization 10:1 (January 2012): 5.

Hensley,Merinda Kaye, Benjamin P. Murphy, and Ellen D. Swain, “Analyzing Archival Intelligence: A Collaboration Between Library Instruction and Archives,” Communications in Information Literacy 8:1 (2014): 111.

Bahde, Anne, Heather Smedberg, and Mattie Taormina, Using Primary Sources: Hands-On Instructional Exercises (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2014): ix.

Do You Have Archival Intelligence?The National Archives Blog (October 15, 2012). Accessed March 14, 2017.


How would you improve this definition? Send Feedback


GOT WORDS? Suggest a Term
 




17 N. State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, IL 60602-3315
312-606-0722; toll-free 866-722-7858
http://www.archivists.org

WHAT IS THIS? Word of the Week is a weekly email service of the Dictionary Working Group of the Society of American Archivists. Featured terms will be included in the new Dictionary of Archives Terminology, which is projected to be available in 2017.

unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Copyright © 2016 Society of American Archivists, All rights reserved.

 

No comments: