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Archival Description

Archival Description is the systematic representation of the intellectual, physical, and contextual attributes of archival records, distinguished by its adherence to standardized principles and metadata schemas to ensure authenticity, provenance, and long-term accessibility within digital library environments.

120

Publications

3K

Citations

149

Authors

77

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

15

Parents

Publications

120

Stories and names: Archival description as narrating records and constructing meanings

Wendy Duff, Verne Harris · Archives and Museum Informatics · 2002 · 231 citations

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Concepts of Record (1): Evidence, Information, and Persistent Representations

Geoffrey Yeo · The American Archivist · 2007 · 137 citations

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Reconcilable Differences

Marah Demeule, Gwen Gregory · Technical Services Quarterly · 1999 · 124 citations

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The ‘natural’ vegetation of the Mexican Bajío: Archival documentation of a 16th-century Savanna environment

Karl W. Butzer, Elisabeth K. Butzer · Quaternary International · 1997 · 87 citations

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Manual for the Arrangement and Description of Archives

Margaret Norton, Sebastian Müller, J. A. Feith et al. · The Mississippi Valley Historical Review · 1940 · 78 citations

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Authors

149

  1. CJ
    Christopher J. Prom

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    5 publications · 126 citations

    5

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  2. DV
    Daniel V. Pitti

    University of Virginia, United States

    5 publications · 148 citations

    5

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  3. GY
    Geoffrey Yeo

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 166 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. EY
    Elizabeth Yakel

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

    3

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  5. AJ
    Anne J. Gilliland

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 90 citations

    2

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1–5 of 149

Institutions

77

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    191 citations

  2. Society of American Archivists

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    84 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    347 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    59 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    107 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Archivist

    28 publications · 747 citations

    16

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  2. Journal of Archival Organization

    11 publications · 236 citations

    10

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  3. Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)

    Repository · 8 publications · 147 citations

    8

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  4. Archives and Museum Informatics

    7 publications · 420 citations

    7

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  5. OCLC Systems & Services

    4 publications · 53 citations

    4

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