Archival description and automation: a brief history of going digital

Bunn, Jenny

doi:10.1080/23257962.2016.1145577

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“…Under the direction of Jean Spencer (1942Spencer ( -1998, artist and Slade Secretary and Tutor to the Students, Chaplin was also tasked with making the archive 'computerised' using UCL Library's computer catalogue system. 15 At the time, the conversion of analogue archival descriptions to computer-readable ones was an important area of activity for archives (Bunn 2016). A new spin on familiar archival imaginaries emerged, led by hope that computers could overcome messy issues with records management and information retrieval inherent to physical archives.…”

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