n.a systematic body of theory that supports the practice of identifying, acquiring, authenticating, preserving, and providing access to records of continuing valueHolmes 1938, 180Trained archivists should contribute to this result. If help is extended at this stage, archival science might be benefited in the future from lessons learned in the solving of these problems.Bemis 1939, 158In archival science the librarian can play a useful role, more useful than is admitted in European practice, but it should always be a subordinate role.Duranti and MacNeil 1996, 47Archival science, which emerged out of diplomatics in the nineteenth century, is a body of concepts and methods directed toward the study of records in terms of their documentary and functional relationships and the ways in which they are controlled and communicated.Mortensen 1999, 7In discussions of archival theories the attempt to develop what is termed an archival science alludes as well to this notion of theory. This is evident in the very choice of the term science and in the characterization of archival science as universally applicable, fully autonomous, and based on the nature of archives – a nature which is understood as little changed throughout its history, at least in its essential features.Gilliland 2014a, 3However, among them, the recordkeeping professions--archival science and records management--are, first and foremost, the professions of the record.Buchanan et al. 2017, 271We highlight a key difficulty within the archival science discipline, one that has historical roots: that of separating its issues into pure research or education spheres.
