Guidelines for Archiving and Storing Architectural Documents of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Author: An Xiaoxi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The compilation and publication of this guide are part of the research project "Integrated Management and Integrated Services for Urban Construction Documents and Archives Information" funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. This book is intended for architects, construction management personnel, archives management personnel, and students and teachers of management majors as a reference. It is a guide for the preservation of architectural documents developed by the International Council on Archives (ICA) for architectural documents, drawing on the successful experiences of major countries in North America and Europe in architectural archives. It is recommended as the best guide and standard for archival work worldwide. The guide is divided into 7 chapters and 4 appendices, covering the types of architectural documents, principles, standards, and methods for collection, appraisal, selection, and disposal, arrangement of documents, description of documents, preservation of documents, utilization and dissemination (research and exhibitions), and professional terms and name translations (foreign and Chinese) in architectural archives.