Barbara L. Craig | |
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Born | 1943 |
Other names | Barbara Lazenby Craig |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | archivist, professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of London |
Thesis | Hospital Records in London, England and the Province of Ontario, Canada, 1880 to 1950 |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archival science,History of Medicine,Records Management |
Institutions | University of Toronto Faculty of Information |
Main interests | medical records,archival theory,Archival appraisal |
Notable works | Archival Appraisal:Theory and Practice (München:K.G. Saur,2004) |
Barbara L. Craig is an archivist,archival educator and scholar. She has contributed to the scholarly literature of archival theory and professional practice in the areas of appraisal,the ethnographic study of practicing archivists and users of archives,and the history of archives in her study of the impact of technology on the record-keeping practices of the British Civil Service before 1960. [1] [2] She has an MA in history from McMaster University,a certificate in Principles and Administration of Archives from Library and Archives Canada,and a Certificate in Records Management from the Government of Ontario. In 1989 she completed a PhD in Archival Studies from the University of London. Her dissertation was titled "Hospital Records in London,England and the Province of Ontario,Canada,1880 to 1950." [3] [4] [5]
Craig was hired by the Archives of Ontario in 1970 where she was responsible for the records of the Ministry of Health,which prompted her scholarly interest in hospital records (she was also responsible for the records management of public general hospitals in the province). [6]
Craig became University Archivist of York University in January 1989,serving in this capacity until 1994. [3] In this role she published a summary of the archives holdings. [7]
She joined the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto in 1994,where she taught courses in arrangement and description and archival appraisal,achieving the rank of full professor in 2008. [3]
Craig was a founding member of the Association of Canadian Archivists,serving as president from 1983 to 1984. She also served in various capacities on the Canadian Council of Archives and the International Council on Archives,and was chair of the Ontario Council of Archives (later the Archives Association of Ontario) from 1989 to 1993. [3] Craig was on the editorial board of the journal Archivaria from 2000 to 2006,serving as General Editor from 2002 to 2004. [8] Craig has played a leading role in advancing research in the history of archives,most notably reflected in her co-organization of the first International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA) in 2003,along with Philip Eppard and Heather MacNeil. [1]
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: CS1 maint: others (link)Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings and data storage devices.
In archival science and archive administration, appraisal is a process usually conducted by members of the record-holding institution in which a body of records is examined to determine its value for that institution. It also involves determining how long this value will last. The activity is one of the central tasks of an archivist, to determine the archival value of specific records. When it occurs prior to acquisition, the appraisal process involves assessing records for inclusion in the archives. In connection with an institution's collecting policy, appraisal "represents a doorway into the archives through which all records must pass". Some considerations when conducting appraisal include how to meet the record-granting body's organizational needs, how to uphold requirements of organizational accountability, and how to meet the expectations of the record-using community.
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Shirley Spragge was a Canadian archivist and academic who served as the head of the Queen's University Archives from 1992 to 1994.
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