La référence en archives au XXIe siècle : L'impact du...

Notas: Resumen: Today, digitization and the continually growing availability of online content are giving users direct access to the documentary heritage. with this as his point of departure, Frédéric Giuliano has a suggestion regarding the repositioning of the activity of archival reference. He believes that at the level of theory, reference should be considered henceforth as a separate archival function. The profusion of platforms for communication, the evolution of the Web and the new cyberculture are making the work of reference more complex. The author explains that in the current environment the reference archivist has to know archival holdings in centres other than his or her own, by means of Web-based services, the associated search funcions, databases and the resources that are available to guide the user. Training of users is becoming more important in the archivist's work. The interactivity made possible by Web 2.0. the accessibility of content and of search engines, and participative and collaborative approaches are modifying the relationship of archives, inventories and users. Technological progress is creating numerous possibilities which permit a virtual decompartmentalization of archival practice. The author enumerates a good number of initiatives which are moving in this direction.
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