n.the usefulness or significance of that accrues to a record for only for a limited period of timeSAA 1946, 196State and federal records are largely by-products of administration, a large proportion of the records being of only temporary value and susceptible of being reduced in bulk by microphotography or even complete destruction after a period of years.Bryan 1956, 66MARYLAND. In the new State office building at Annapolis 6,000 square feet of storage space will be used altogether as a records center, housing only records of temporary value.East 1964, 43Our Branch was that “essential” custodial facility in the Military District of Washington set up to prevent the National Archives from becoming a depository for masses of military records of only temporary value.Elliott 1974, 33The implication is that computer language records in the sciences have only a fleeting or temporary value and are merely a means to an end. The same might be said for other scientific data records, and yet in their proper theoretical context they have great value for the historian of scientific thought.Fishbein 1987, 228Raw statistical data (schedules, tabulations, and workpapers), Bauer asserted, have only temporary value to the creators; any residual values of raw data would be satisfied by final tabulations.Schellenberg 1996, 117For purposes of internal administration, the National Archives has grouped them under four major functional headings, as follows: (1) Disposition Activities, which include appraising records proposed for disposal or for transfer to the National Archives building, reappraising accessioned records, segregating and removing to a record center records of temporary value, segregating and destroying records of no value, and taking other actions affecting the disposition of records.Cunningham 2008, 539We also know that we must be able to provide greater support for digital preservation work in those agencies that preserve long-term, temporary value (i.e., not archival value), born-digital records for a long time, in some cases for as long as 120 years.
