Writing an Access Policy

What is an Access Policy? Your Access Policy should be written as one of your repository’s founding documents, since providing access is the fundamental reason all archives exist – archives…

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Writing a Preservation Policy

It is no surprise that discussions surrounding preservation in archives are fraught with stress and hand-wringing, given the climate change concerns that Nova Scotia archives and museums have been facing…

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Writing an Archival Acquisition Policy

What is an Acquisition Policy? Archives exist to acquire, preserve, and make documents available to users. An Acquisition Policy establishes criteria for what types of records and materials an archive…

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