"Improving Archive Utilization Rate"Can Be Discontinued
The purpose of archival work is to fully leverage the role of archives and meet the needs of the use of archives in all aspects of society.In response to the contrast between the consistently low archive utilization rate and the thriving development of archival undertakings,the paper puts forward the cognitive misunderstandings of archive utilization rate in calculation method,relevant inference and work improvement.It is believed that archive utilization rate is not as low as previously thought,and the proportion of unused archives is not as high as previously thought.However,the improvement of archive utilization rate is accidental,rendering the proposition of"improving the archive utilization rate"questionable.The paper discusses the four reasons for the incessant calls of"improving archive utilization rate":the overemphasis on archive utilization values,deviations in the digital achievements perspective,the misleading effects of existing statistical analysis methods,and unresolved academic debates within the archival field.
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