...James Faulkner; Jeonghyun Kim Purpose This study aims to focus on appraisal practices within university special collections, investigating archivists’ appraisal decision-making processes and their use of collection policies in appraisal work. Design/methodology/approach The study used in-depth...

... analysis. In addition, archivists have political and social views, worldviews, personal interaction with the record creators and social and cultural environments that inevitably influence the archival record (Lambrechts, 2012). The selection and appraisal criteria of archives materials are still...