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imagin& (e) ro *rablish initial onserygrion prioitiG od pts lor ongoirs pE*Bltion
posmm, (t) to c.ny our lhtins/ebloeuing of mhivrl holdines, and (e) ro qptoir ehiv.l
materiol thmu8h publicadons orexhibnions (Fstima 2004, p. 2).
Apponal o l &l.ction of 4@d
Me, ehiv€s in thc *orld aE cotlsring erive !rchivs sd have activ. ti.td
ptusrams 10 l@.te msteridk firough out lhe lif. cycle ol rccord. The .rchives cm b. @live
or psive io irs.cquisition nalcsy. PNivc @ttcciing invotvs daluaing msr€rilt vhd ir
is ottired ro rhe Archives for denlion. An dive acquisilioh poticy of in-hous !rchives
povids a widc, *Ni@ lo the paMl inrritulion. ln Eubr. {d Am.ri€ the dhivisr
&dvely wod wnh oftce pd$nn€l s ro sss ltl th. @rds csl€d by de inniurions for
pemanent ctention or systcmatic d€strucrion. while the rccords arc sri with th. c@ling
Acquhnion trd .pp6isl m $e bssi€ fu.clions of rhe archival p@6s, tn
Noldbcr 1998 0t. Aus&llie A&hiv6 held 250 titom.t6 of @rds idoliti.d 6
orchivB, |he N.tional Archives .nd Record Adminh6tion of rhe USA hcld 5?7
kiloodeBand Public Record Ofiice Enstdd hetd l6Tkilonercs(Schwirtlich,2002,
Due lo th€ absence of ! proper sysreh, SATAD is co[e.dng psssive rcods an