Reinventing the concept of the state archival fond in China
Abstract
A ‘fond’ is the aggregation of records originating from the same source. Traditionally the concept of the state archival fond is usually referred to the aggregation of historical records with the state ownership.1 Over the past 20 years, there is no general agreement on what the concept of the state archival fond is about.2 The purpose of this paper is to understand the evolution and development of the state archival fond in China and its impacts on archival administration and to reinvent the concept for the effective management of archives for their optimal utilisation in today’s dynamic environment.
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