Dinah Eastop (National Archives, UK)
Learning from archives: integrating
preservation and access
Eastop introduces the
inter-disciplinary approach to conservation (understood as investigation,
preservation and presentation) adopted at The National Archives (UK) and links
it to the democratic mandate of the institution. The paper highlights the
underpinning conceptual and practical approaches used to make conservation
sustainable by integrating strategies for preservation and access. It
demonstrates the engagement of local groups in the development of archival
records, the democratic ethos of The National Archives, and how this ethos is
manifested in practice. The main conclusion is that the archive sector can
provide excellent models for managing cultural heritage in a way that is
sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms.
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