Program Evaluation and Archives: An Essay on a Research Agenda |
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| Authors: | Christoph Graf |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of History, University of Berne, Schildknechtstrasse 4, 3006 Berne, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | The author begins with comments on the importance and position of program evaluation (PE), mostly in the context of European
archives. These observations, based on personal experience and on a preliminary literature review, show a definitive need
for PE, despite its weak position in the managerial activities of archives. Next, the author highlights some special aspects
of the evaluation of archival programs. Finally, the author draws conclusions from his general remarks and from his reading
of the articles included in this thematic issue ofArchival Science. He outlines some tendencies and shifts in the definition and purposes of evaluation and a short research agenda, containing
the most important issues for further development of PE in archives. |
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| Keywords: | archival program evaluation research agenda for archival evaluation |
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