Practice question · Multiple choice
Archives keep documents in the order their creator used, even when a subject arrangement would be easier to search. Why?
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- Ask what a filing system reveals about the organisation that built it.
- Libraries hold copies; archives hold unique records of a body's activity.
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C. Because the original order is itself evidence
Why
Respect des fonds treats arrangement as data. A library book means the same on any shelf; a document's neighbours are part of what it tells you.
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