Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 1989
Keywords
SAA task force, Archivists
Abstract
In order to avoid becoming irrelevant in the modern information society, archivists must redefine their professional identity and role in society, learn new planning and marketing skills, and establish the importance of archives in meeting user needs. Responding to initiatives launched by the SAA Task Force on Archives and Society, the author argues that archivists should adopt a more user-friendly approach to marketing their services. Marketing differs from public relations and selling products by focusing on customers and their needs. Altering the profession's image requires that individual archivists redefine their own self-image, attitudes, and procedures.
Publication Title
The American Archivist
Volume
52
Issue
3
First Page
332
Last Page
340
Required Publisher's Statement
Source: The American Archivist, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Summer, 1989), pp. 332-340
Published by: Society of American Archivists
Courtesy of JSTOR
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40293362
Recommended Citation
Jimerson, Randall C. Western Washington University, "Redefining Archival Identity: Meeting User Needs in the Information Society" (1989). History Faculty and Staff Publications. 67.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/history_facpubs/67
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Archives--Marketing; Archives--Management
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
