n.possession, care, and control, especially for security and preservationHorn 1953b, 314The Archives and the records center are two different types of operations. The former has legal custody of all its records; the latter has only physical custody, legal custody remaining with the transferring agency.Caswell, Cifor, and Ramirez 2016, 58SAADA is run entirely on a postcustodial model so that, rather than accept physical custody of records, SAADA borrows records from individuals, families, organizations, and academic and government repositories; digitizes them; describes them in a culturally appropriate manner; links them to related materials in the archives; and makes them freely accessible online to anyone in the world with an Internet connection. After digitization, the physical materials remain with the individual, family, organization, or repository where they originated.
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Physical custody may be, but is not always, coupled with legal custody.
