Documentation Strategy Revisited

Twenty-three years after Helen Samuels first thrust documentation strategy onto the American Archivist scene, Doris Malkmus has re-appraised the approach in a recent article. We'll use Malkmus' article as a starting point to discuss documentation strategy, collaborative accession and appraisal, and other creative approaches that respond to lacunae in the historical (or literary) record.

Friday, Jan 23, 4pm in BRBL 39.

Suggested reading:

Malkmus, Doris J. 2008. "Documentation Strategy: Mastodon or Retro-Success?" American Archivist 71(2):384-409.

Available through American Archivist online:

http://archivists.metapress.com/content/v63t471576057107/fulltext.pdf