{"id":264,"date":"2016-06-22T18:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2016-06-22T18:55:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:55:06","slug":"archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/home\/selected-data\/archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage Preservation has prepared selected Heritage Health Index data graphs on archives for DC 2006, the first-ever joint meeting of the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Council of State Archivists, and Society for American Archivists. Archives are often found within other institutions, so survey participants were instructed to complete the survey for all of their collections, including those in any subsidiary archives. The questionnaire asked institutions to identify their primary function or service and to select as many additional functions or services as applicable. Based on these responses, Heritage Preservation estimates that there are 1,033 institutions that have a primary function as an archives and that 13,407 U.S. institutions have archives as an additional function. For a full explanation of how archives were included in the survey, refer to Chapter 1, Heritage Health Index Development (pp. 8-9) and Chapter 2, Heritage Health Index Methodology (pp. 16-19).<\/p>\n<p>To download the detailed handout prepared for DC 2006, <a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/SAAHandout.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn the graphs below, &#8220;archives&#8221; refers to institutions that selected it as their primary function.<\/p>\n<p>Archives Care for 24% of the Nation\u2019s 44 Million Linear Feet of Unbound Sheets<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Archives2.gif\" alt=\"Archives2\" width=\"332\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Archives Care for 41% of the Nation\u2019s 727 Million Photographic Items<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Archives3.gif\" alt=\"Archives3\" width=\"332\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Institutions That Include Responsibility to Preserve Digital Collections in Conservation\/Preservation Mission or Programs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Archives4.gif\" alt=\"Archives4\" width=\"332\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Archives with Conservation\/Preservation Needs*<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Condition surveys\/assessments 78%<br \/>\nStaff training 77%<br \/>\nFinding aids\/cataloging collections 75%<br \/>\nConservation treatment 73%<br \/>\nPreservation of digital collections 68%<br \/>\nEnvironmental controls 65%<br \/>\nReduce exposure to light 53%<br \/>\nSecurity 48%<br \/>\nIntegrated pest management 38%<br \/>\n*combines need and urgent need<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Institutions with Archives as an Additional Function or Service<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Archives1.gif\" alt=\"Archives1\" width=\"346\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage Preservation has prepared selected Heritage Health Index data graphs on archives for DC 2006, the first-ever joint meeting of the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Council of State Archivists, and Society for American Archivists. Archives are often found within other institutions, so survey participants were instructed to complete the survey for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/home\/selected-data\/archives\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Archives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/hhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}