archivaris

Het uitvoeren van steekproeven door archivarissen of informatiebeheerders als onderdeel van het vernietigingsbeleid is als het samenstellen van datasets door onderzoekers zonder onderzoeksvraag.

Zie ook: Steeksproefsgewijze selectie - Nu even niet

(9) De archivaris dient professionele deskundigheid na te streven door systematisch en voortdurend zijn archivistische kennis bij te houden en anderen deelgenoot te maken van de resultaten van zijn onderzoek en ervaring.

... ... The bad thing about records management is that almost everybody thinks they can un-derstand it. The problem is that since suddenly (in evolutionary terms) some deviant went and built the printing press. After that, almost no-body had control. There was only success in archiving some paper documents for reasons unknown. Since we’re digitized and we’re switching batteries in our laptop computers while streaking through the sky in shiny metal objects in which soft drinks and peanuts are served, nobody knows how to handle the huge amount of digital and digitized documents.

Practice is the engine that drives archival theory.

Een archivaris gaat voor de inhoud, niet voor de techniek.

Initially, there is one thing I want to point out: The archivist’s role in the documentation of personal rights is to be an archivist. It is not our job to pretend to be lawyers or social workers. It is not for us to decide whether the documentation we are able to find will be sufficient to get reparation or not. It is neither our role to engage in client counseling. We cannot grant people justice. But we can use our knowledge to locate whatever documentation there is to be found, so that the individuals may have their cases tried at the proper authorities.