An Attempt at an Interpretation of the Arrangement and Description of Materials in Special Collections: The Application of ISAD(G) to the Archives of a University Library Collection

IR Open Access

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 特殊文庫関係資料の編成記述に関する試論―大学図書館所蔵アーカイブズへのISAD(G)適用―

Description

This paper categorizes the “materials in special collections” held by the Center for Historical Social Science Literature at Hitotsubashi University into groups based on ISAD(G) archival description theory. The special collections comprise small groups of materials related to the establishment of the Menger Collection and the Gierke Collection, which are part of the Hitotsubashi Collection held by Hitotsubashi University. The policies used to categorize the materials in the past are unknown. The groups of materials that have remained to this day display signs of a partial breakdown of the original archival ordering system and the mixing of different materials. We report on our investigation of the flexible application of ISAD(G), which is suited to the peculiarities of these materials, and our examination of archival description theory with an emphasis on its practicality. The results indicated that the human provision of a hierarchical structure increases the communicative usefulness of the materials and that providing contextual information promotes a deeper understanding of the materials. Finally, we investigated the causes that led to the state of the materials by describing the background circumstances related to archival management at the university library, and we reconsidered the effectiveness of ISAD(G) archival description.

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top