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CONTINUING VALUE [1 record]

Record 1 2014-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

The determination in appraisal that records are worthy of indefinite or permanent preservation by an archival agency.

OBS

The archival value of a document is often identical with its informational or evidential value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
CONT

[La] valeur informative que possède le document pour le ministère qui en est propriétaire et l'aspect recherche-historique de sa valeur pour l'utilisateur du secteur privé se fusionnent à la phase finale pour constituer la valeur archivistique de cette minime partie des documents publics qui doit être conservée indéfiniment.

OBS

La valeur archivistique d'un document est souvent identique à sa valeur informative ou à sa valeur de témoignage.

Spanish

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