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Classification by Function for Institutional Records. An Experiment in the Johns Hopkins University Archives Jordon Steele Hodson Curator of the University Archives. Context: Theory. Helen Samuels/Terry Cook Australian archival theory Records continuum theory Peter Scott Marcus Robyns
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Classification by Function for Institutional Records An Experiment in the Johns Hopkins University Archives Jordon Steele Hodson Curator of the University Archives http://recordsmanagement.library.jhu.edu/
Context: Theory • Helen Samuels/Terry Cook • Australian archival theory • Records continuum theory • Peter Scott • Marcus Robyns • Using Functional Analysis in Archival Appraisal (2014) http://recordsmanagement.library.jhu.edu/
Context: Other Thesauri • Vermont Functional Classification System • Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives • AGIFT • Emory University’s records management site http://recordsmanagement.library.jhu.edu/
Our Thesaurus • 32 terms • Represents university functions depicted in our holdings • Flat; no “primary” or “secondary” • Functions are named in a way to make sense to university community • Option to add functions http://recordsmanagement.library.jhu.edu/
Questions for You • Should there be sub-functions? • What is relationship to TUCA/other thesauri? • Other applications? • Could you see adopting something like this at your institution? Why or why not? Thanks! jsteele@jhu.edu http://recordsmanagement.library.jhu.edu/