Context Analysis In a broader context, it examines the comparative relationship between the information in the records and other available information.
Use Analysis Know the potential uses that are likely to be made of the records and the physical, legal, and intellectual impediments to access. Cost-Benefit Analysis Weighs the value of the information in a record against the cost of preservation.
7. General and substantial public interest because of direct association with a famous or historical significance ( people, places, things, issues or events) 8. Significance as documentation of the establishment or continuing legal basis of an agency or institution 9. Significance as documentation of the formulation of policy at the highest executive levels
Evidential Values
Evidential Values
Values that attach to records because of the evidence they contain of an organization and function Value that depends on the character and importance of the matter evidenced i.e. the origin and the substantive programs of the agency that produced the records. Not the quality of the evidence per se but the character of the matter evidenced.
Which record series are essential to show how each substantive function was performed at each organizational level in both the central and field offices?
Informational values
Informational values
The values that attach to records because of the information they contain. May relate either to: Persons - individuals or corporate bodies Things - places, buildings, physical objects, other material things Phenomena - what happens to person or things, conditions, problems, activities, programs, events, episodes, etc.
Relates to the physical condition of the public records. Records should be in a form that would enable other than those who created them to use them without difficulty and resort to expensive mechanical or electronic equipment.
Understanding historical research methods and changing patterns of historiography Knowing the general contours of history, particularly of the modern era
Familiarize with trends in institutional development and bureaucratic organizations Knowledge of records keeping and information technology
a thorough knowledge of the repositorys mandated field of acquisition, its historical background, significant characteristics and development, and current dimensions
a detailed understanding of the entities and functions that create the records
a knowledge of the records as they relate to each other and to other documentary sources