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However, we want to clarify that we follow the thinking of Thomas Kuhn exposed in: Kuhn, Thomas S.,The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Chicago, 1962, 3rd edn.; Chicago, 1996). This article provides, necessarily, a summarized view of the subject; for a more detailed perspective, cf. Silva, Armando Malheiro da [et al.],Arquiv\u00edstica: Teoria e Pr\u00e1tica de uma Ci\u00eancia da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o (Porto: Edi\u00e7\u00f5es Afrontamento, 1998) (Biblioteca das Ci\u00eancias do Homem. Plural; 2) vol. 1, chap. 2."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR2","volume-title":"Handleiding voor het ordenen en beschrijven van archieven","author":"S. Muller","year":"1898","unstructured":"Muller, S., J.A. Feith and R. Fruin,Handleiding voor het ordenen en beschrijven van archieven (Groningen: Erven B. van der Kamp, 1898). English translation by Arthur H. Leavitt,Manual for the Arrangement and Description of Archives (New York: H.W. Wilson, 1940, reissue 1968)."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR3","unstructured":"In fact, records management and archival procedures \u2014 if we want to make this distinction, \u2014 existed since the origins of archives, but from a conceptual point of view and as a professional arearecords management only emerged in anglophone literature by this time."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR4","volume-title":"Que Signifie le Respect des Fonds?: Esquisse d'une Archivistique Structurale","author":"Carlo Laroche","year":"1971","unstructured":"Laroche, Carlo,Que Signifie le Respect des Fonds?: Esquisse d'une Archivistique Structurale (Paris: Association des Archivistes Fran\u00e7ais, 1971)."},{"issue":"97","key":"BF02437693_CR5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.3406\/gazar.1977.2554","volume":"2","author":"Michel Duchein","year":"1977","unstructured":"Duchein, Michel, \u201cLe Respect des fonds en Archivistique: Principes Th\u00e9oriques et Probl\u00e8mes Pratiques\u201d,La Gazette des Archives (Paris)2(97) (1977): 71\u201396.","journal-title":"La Gazette des Archives"},{"issue":"1","key":"BF02437693_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"26","DOI":"10.17723\/aarc.45.1.94g0502t2g81053g","volume":"45","author":"Frank Boles","year":"1982","unstructured":"Cf. the following articles: Boles, Frank. \u201cDisrespecting Original Order,\u201dThe American Archivist (Chicago)45(1) (Winter, 1982): 26\u201332; Burke, Frank G., \u201cThe Future Course of Archival Theory in the United States\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)44(1) (Winter 1981): 40\u201346; Cappon, Lester J., \u201cWhat, Then, is There to Theorize About?\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)45(1) (Winter 1982): 19\u201325; Kimball, Gregg D., \u201cThe Burke-Cappon Debate: Some Further Criticisms and Considerations for Archival Theory\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)48(4) (Fall 1985): 369\u2013376; Pinkett, Harold T., \u201cAmerican Archival Theory: The State of the Art\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)44(3) (Summer 1981): 217\u2013222; Stielow, Frederik, \u201cArchival Theory Redux and Redeemed: Definition and Context Towards a General Theory\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)44(1) (Winter 1981): 14\u201326.","journal-title":"The American Archivist"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR7","unstructured":"Just as an example, we will mention some of the most significant works:The Archival Fonds: From Theory to Practice. Ed. by Terry Eastwood ([S.1.]: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1992);Canadian Archival Studies and the Rediscovery of Provenance. Ed. by Tom Nesmith (Metuchen, London: Society of American Archivists; Association of Canadian Archivists, The Scarecrow Press, 1993); Rousseau, Jean-Yves; Couture, Carol \u2014Les Fondements de la discipline archivistique (Qu\u00e9bec: Presses de l'Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec, 1994)."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR8","first-page":"182","volume":"29","author":"Ari\u00e9 Arad","year":"1982","unstructured":"Arad, Ari\u00e9, \u201cThe International Council on Archives and Archival Methodology\u201d,Archivum (Paris)29 (1982): 182\u2013186.","journal-title":"Archivum"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR9","volume-title":"Arquiv\u00edstica: Teoria e Pr\u00e1tica de uma Ci\u00eancia da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o","author":"Armando Malheiro da Silva","year":"1998","unstructured":"Bibliographic references are plentiful and we cannot possibly mention all of them. Readers are referred to chapter 2 of the previously-mentioned work: Silva, Armando Malheiro da [et al.],."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR10","first-page":"232","volume-title":"La Pratique Archivistique Fran\u00e7aise","author":"Jean Favier","year":"1993","unstructured":"Favier, Jean and Nierinck, Dani\u00e8le,La Pratique Archivistique Fran\u00e7aise (Paris: Archives Nationales, 1993), pp. 232\u2013238. The founder of the theory was Yves P\u00e9rotin: seeThe American Archivist 29 (1966): 363\u2013369."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR11","unstructured":"See, further, the explanations about the archive's configuration, within a systemic thinking."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR12","first-page":"87","volume":"1","author":"Michel Duchein","year":"1998","unstructured":"See, for example: Duchein, Michel, \u201cLe Principe de Provenance et la Pratique du Tri, du Classement et de la Description en Archivistique Contemporaine\u201d,Janus: Revue Archivistique (Paris)1 (1998): 87\u2013100;The Archival Fonds ...(op. cit.) The Archival Fonds: From Theory to Practice. Ed. by Terry Eastwood ([S.1.]: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1992).","journal-title":"Janus: Revue Archivistique"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR13","volume-title":"Les Fondements de la discipline archivistique","author":"Jean-Yves Rousseau","year":"1994","unstructured":"The writings of Jean-Yves Rousseau and Carol Couture are a good example of this perspective. See, for instance: Rousseau, Jean-Yves, Couture, Carol,."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"328","DOI":"10.17723\/aarc.61.2.f14rth861430lk74","volume":"61","author":"Philip C. Bantin","year":"1998","unstructured":"Projects carried by the University of Pittsburgh (1993\u20131996) and the University of British Columbia concerning the management and preservation of electronic records are two examples. See also Bantin, Philip C., \u201cDeveloping a Strategy for Managing Electronic Records: The Findings of the Indiana University Electronic Records Project\u201d,The American Archivist (Chicago)61 (Fall 1998): 328\u2013364.","journal-title":"The American Archivist"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR15","volume-title":"Arquiv\u00edstica: Teoria e Pr\u00e1tica de uma Ci\u00eancia da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o","author":"Armando Malheiro da Silva","year":"1998","unstructured":"Readers are directed again to the book mentioned previously (Silva, Armando Malheiro da [et al.],, chap. 2) where the main significant works referred, in the last two decades, devoted a scientific perspective for Archival Science."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR16","volume-title":"Les Fondements de la discipline archivistique","author":"Jean-Yves Rousseau","year":"1994","unstructured":"Rousseau, Jean-Yves and Couture, Carol,."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR17","first-page":"38","volume-title":"The Archival imagination: Essays in Honour of Hugh A. Taylor","author":"Terry Cook","year":"1992","unstructured":"Cook, Terry, \u201cMind Over Matter: Towards a New Theory of Archival Appraisal\u201d, in Barbara L. Craig (ed.),The Archival imagination: Essays in Honour of Hugh A. Taylor (Ottawa: Association of Canadian Archivists, 1992), pp. 38\u201370."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR18","first-page":"213","volume":"3","author":"Luciana Duranti","year":"1995","unstructured":"Duranti, Luciana and Eastwood, Terry, \u201cProtecting Electronic Evidence: A Progress Report on a Research Study and Its Methodology\u201d,Archivi and Computer (San Miniato)3 (1995): 213\u2013250; Duranti, Luciana, Heather Macneil and William E. Underwood, \u201cProtecting Electronic Evidence: A Second Progress Report on a Research Study and Its Methodology\u201d,Archivi and Computer (San Miniato)1 (1996); 37\u201369; Duranti, Luciana, \u201cThe Thinking on Appraisal of Electronic Records: Its Evolution, Focuses, and Future Directions\u201d,Archivi and Computer (San Miniato)6 (1996).","journal-title":"Archivi and Computer"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR19","first-page":"14","volume":"21","author":"David Bearman","year":"1985\u20131986","unstructured":"Just to mention some illustrative examples: Bearman, David and Richard H. Lytle, \u201cThe Power of the Principle of Provenance\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)21 (Winter 1985\u20131986): 14\u201327; Bearman, David, \u201cRecord-Keeping Systems\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)36 (Autumn 1993): 16\u201335; Hedstrom, Margaret, \u201cDescriptive Practices for Electronic Records: Deciding What is Essential and Imagining What is Possible\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)36 (Autumn 1993): 53\u201363; Hedstrom, Margaret, \u201cBuilding Record-Keeping Systems: Archivists Are Not Alone in the Wild Frontier\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)44 (Fall 1997): 44\u201371; Wallace, David A., \u201cMetadata and the Archival Management of Electronic Records: A Review\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)36 (Autumn 1993): 87\u2013110; Wallace, David A., \u201cManaging the Present: Metadata as Archival Description\u201d,Archivaria (Ottawa)39 (Spring 1995): 11\u201321; Samuels, Helen W.,Varsity Letters: Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities (Metuchen N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992).","journal-title":"Archivaria"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR20","unstructured":"Authors like Eric Ketelaar, Theo Thomassen and Peter Horsman are some of the most representative of the new perspective."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR21","first-page":"261","volume":"39","author":"Angelika Menne-Haritz","year":"1994","unstructured":"Menne-Haritz, Angelika, \u201cArchival Education: Preparing the Profession to Meet the Needs of Society in the Twenty-First Century\u201d,Archivum (Munchen; Paris)39 (1994): 261\u2013283.","journal-title":"Archivum"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR22","first-page":"29","volume":"2","author":"Jos\u00e9 Maria Jardim","year":"1992","unstructured":"For example: Jardim, Jos\u00e9 Maria and Maria Odila Fonseca, \u201cAs Rela\u00e7\u00f5es entre a Arquiv\u00edstica e a Ci\u00eancia da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d,Cadernos de Biblioteconomia, Arquiv\u00edstica e Documenta\u00e7\u00e3o (Lisboa)2 (1992): 29\u201345.","journal-title":"Cadernos de Biblioteconomia, Arquiv\u00edstica e Documenta\u00e7\u00e3o"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR23","volume-title":"Manual de Selecci\u00f3n Documental","author":"Manuel V\u00e1squez","year":"1992","unstructured":"V\u00e1squez, Manuel,Manual de Selecci\u00f3n Documental, 2nd edn., actualizada (Santaf\u00e9 de Bogot\u00e1: Archivo General de la Naci\u00f3n, 1992).","edition":"2nd edn."},{"issue":"1","key":"BF02437693_CR24","first-page":"1","volume":"1","author":"Ar\u00e9valo Jord\u00e1n","year":"1987","unstructured":"See, for instance: Ar\u00e9valo Jord\u00e1n, \u201cVictor Hugo\u2014La Archivolog\u00eda y la Teoria de Sistemas\u201d,Cuadernos: Archivologia (Santa Fe)1(1) (1987): 1\u201310; Jardim, Jos\u00e9 Maria, \u201cLa Concepci\u00f3n Sistem\u00e1tica [i.e. sist\u00e9mica] de Archivos: Marcos Te\u00f3ricos y la Experiencia Brasile\u00f1a\u201d,Archivum (Munchen; Paris)44 (1999): 85\u2013102. In the perspective of the \u201csystem thinking\u201d can also be referred: Silva, Armando Malheiro da [et al.],op. cit.Arquiv\u00edstica: Teoria e Pr\u00e1tica de uma Ci\u00eancia da Infroma\u00e7\u00e3o (Porto: Edi\u00e7\u00f5es Afrontamento, 1998), (Biblioteca das Ci\u00eancias do Homem. Plural; 2) vol. 1, chap. 2.","journal-title":"Cuadernos: Archivologia"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR25","volume-title":"Varsity Letters: Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities","author":"Helen W. Samuels","year":"1992","unstructured":"See, for example: Samuels, Helen W.."},{"issue":"12","key":"BF02437693_CR26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1.043","DOI":"10.1002\/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1043::AID-ASI1>3.0.CO;2-X","volume":"50","author":"Marcia J. Bates","year":"1999","unstructured":"See: Bates, Marcia J., \u201cThe Invisible Substrate of Information Science\u201d,JASIS-Journal of the American Society of Information Science (New York)50(12) (Oct. 1999):1.043\u20131.050.","journal-title":"JASIS-Journal of the American Society of Information Science"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR27","unstructured":"The study of information science requires an understanding of a number of disciplines. Some have suggested that information science thus fulfills the role and function of a metascience\u2014in: Debons, Anthony, \u201cInformation Science\u201d, inALA World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (Chicago: American Library Association, 1986), p. 356. See also: Zhang, Y., \u201cDefinitions and Sciences of Information\u201d,Information Processing and Management (Elmsford)24(4) (1988), cit. by: Jardim, Jos\u00e9 Maria and Maria Odila Fonseca,op. cit."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR28","unstructured":"By initiative of the Specialisation Course in Documentation Sciences (SCDS) of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, a discussion group was created, composed of lecturers of SCDS of several Faculties, with the aim of reflecting on Information Science and the respective scientific field, having in mind the production of literature on the subject. The studies have practically ended, and the results will be published soon."},{"issue":"1","key":"BF02437693_CR29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.5090190103","volume":"19","author":"Harold Borko","year":"1968","unstructured":"Borko, Harold, \u201cInformation Science\u2014What is it?\u201dAmerican Documentation (Washington)19(1) (Jan. 1968): 3\u20135.","journal-title":"American Documentation"},{"key":"BF02437693_CR30","first-page":"516","volume-title":"Dictionnaire Encyclop\u00e9dique de l'Information et de la Documentation","author":"Le Coadic","year":"1997","unstructured":"Le Coadic, Yves F., \u201cScience de l'Information\u201d, inDictionnaire Encyclop\u00e9dique de l'Information et de la Documentation, Dir. Serge Cacaly (Paris: Nathan, cop. 1997), pp. 516\u2013523."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR31","volume-title":"Dai Sistemi al Pensiero Sistemico: per Capire i Sistemi e Pensare con i Sistemi","author":"Piero Mella","year":"1997","unstructured":"Mella, Piero,Dai Sistemi al Pensiero Sistemico: per Capire i Sistemi e Pensare con i Sistemi (Milano: Franco Angeli, 1997)."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR32","unstructured":"The terminology proposed tries to avoid the polysemy of the term \u201carchive\u201d. In our theorization \u201carchive\u201d is a synonym of \u201cinformation system\u201d and, according to the various factors that configure it, we can identify different types of archives. The specialized archives (traditionally named historical archives) have been overestimated, but the archival reality can't be reduced to such kind of archives."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR33","volume-title":"Dai Sistemi al Pensiero Sistemico: per Capire i Sistemi e Pensare con i Sistemi","author":"Piero Mella","year":"1997","unstructured":"It's not possible in this article to enunciate and define the multiple types of systems, either operatory (category where archives and libraries created within organizations can be inserted) or combinatory systems (category where public libraries can be included). For a development of these questions see: Mella, Piero,."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR34","unstructured":"The Canadian work, already referred, devoted to a theorization about the notion of \u201cfonds\u201d is one of the most significant examples of this replacement (see:The Archival fonds ..., op. cit. The Archival Fonds: From Theory to Practice. Ed. by Terry Eastwood ([S.1.]: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1992)."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR35","volume-title":"Dynamique de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales de P\u00f4les de la Pratique M\u00e9thodologique","author":"Paul Bruyne De","year":"1974","unstructured":"De Bruyne, Paul [et al.],Dynamique de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales de P\u00f4les de la Pratique M\u00e9thodologique (Paris: PUF, 1974). The methodological proposals by these authors were further developed: Lessard-H\u00e9bert, Michelle [et al.],Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Qualitativa: Fundamentos e Pr\u00e1ticas (Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, 1994)."},{"key":"BF02437693_CR36","first-page":"217","volume-title":"Arquiv\u00edstica: Teoria e Pr\u00e1tica de uma Ci\u00eancia da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o","author":"Armando Malheiro da Silva","year":"1998","unstructured":"On this subject and, in fact, on all the problematics of the quadripolar method, see a more detailed perspective in: Silva, Armando Malheiro da [et al.],, chap. 3, pp. 217\u2013226."}],"container-title":["Archival Science"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/BF02437693.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF02437693\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/BF02437693","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,17]],"date-time":"2019-05-17T18:22:07Z","timestamp":1558117327000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/BF02437693"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2001,9]]},"references-count":36,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2001,9]]}},"alternative-id":["BF02437693"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/bf02437693","relation":{},"ISSN":["1389-0166","1573-7519"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1389-0166","type":"print"},{"value":"1573-7519","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2001,9]]}}}