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"To Approximate June Pasture": The Documentation Strategy in the Real World

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Abstract

An NHPRC-funded grant allowed archival repositories in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, metropolitan area to undertake a test of the documentation strategy framework. The two-year project attempted to better define the universe of documentation, analyze existing holdings, and outline specific areas of interest by participating institutions. Archivists, records managers, museum curators, and librarians participated along with records creators and records users. The article argues that the documentation strategy project did not fulfill any of its original goals due both to a lack of incentives for cooperation and an infrastructure that was too weak to support the work of the project. Even so, a number of positive outcomes reinforce the value of cooperation in achieving common goals.

How to Cite:

Ericson, T. L., (1997) “"To Approximate June Pasture": The Documentation Strategy in the Real World”, Archival Issues 22(1), 5–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10624