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Appendix A - Society of American Archivists

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o Artificiality or organic nature <strong>of</strong> the organization <strong>of</strong> materialsExamples:- Images arranged by photographer number- Images arranged by archivistso Date or date rangeExamples:- 1987-1988- FY2000-FY2009o Alphabetical rangeExamples:- A- Ab-Be- Berenson-Bernardo Geographical area/sExamples:- North and South America- Arequipao Form/sExamples:- Oral histories- Minutes- Drama, poetry, and fictiono Genre/sExamples:- Audio recordings- Transcriptions- Tragedies and comedieso MediaExamples:- Reel-to-reel tapes- Carbon copies- Betacam and VHS video recordingso SizeExamples:- 5-inch reels- legal-size folders- 16 mm film----------------------------------------RATIONALE:I think experienced archivists <strong>of</strong>ten use the factors I attempted to outline here.New archivists (certainly my students) and those in allied pr<strong>of</strong>essions, however,Action: DACS Revision Page 42 <strong>of</strong> 158 0113-II-A-DACS

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