ISO 24083:2021 pdf free download – Information and documentation – International archives statistics.
This document collects statistics for measuring the archives performance of their tasks, services and use.
Clauses 3 and 7 form the core of this document. Clause 3 provides definitions for most of the elements which constitute archives and archives services; these are for statistical purposes only. Clause 7 recommends how each of these elements should be counted. Users need to consult both clauses for the complete picture.
It is recognized that not all measures specified in this document can be collected by archives of different types, sizes, and functions.
3.5.26
sub-fonds
subdivision of a fonds containing a body of related records corresponding to administrative, chronological, functional or similar groupings of the material itself [SOURCE: ISAD (G):1999 Glossary of terms associated with the general rules, modified — Definition has been modified to omit “subdivisions in the originating agency or organization or, when that is not possible” and “when the creating body has a complex hierarchical structure, each sub-fonds has as many subordinate sub-fonds as are necessary to reflect the levels of the hierarchical structure of the primary subordinate administrative unit”].
3.5.27
textual documents
general classification of records with content that is principally written words
Note 1 to entry: Textual records are distinguished from nontextual records, which include audiovisual, cartographic, and machine-readable records.
[SOURCE: SAA Glossary https://dictionary.archivists.org, modified — The term “textual records” has been changed to “textual documents”.]
3.5.28
volume
physical unit assembling a certain number of leaves under one cover to form a whole or part of a set
Note 1 to entry: A volume can be a ledger, register, codex, or scrapbook.
[SOURCE: ISO 2789: 2013 2.3.50, modified — “For a printed document” is omitted; Note to entry has been added.]
3.6 Space and facilities
3.6.1
digital storage media
digital storage or transmission device or system
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019, 2.1.28]
3.6.2
gross floor area
sum of all floor areas of all levels of a building
Note 1 to entry: Includes the usable area, circulation space, the functional space and the space occupied by the constructional elements of the building (pillars, internal walls, etc.).
[SOURCE: ISO 2789:2013, 2.4.2]
3.6.3
on-site storage
storage of holdings on the main premises of the archives (3.1.1)
[SOURCE: ISO 5127:2017, 3.9.1.03, modified — Holdings is used to replace documents.]
3.6.4
opening hours
hours in a normal week when the archives (3.1.1) is physically accessible to users
[SOURCE: ISO 18461:20 16, 2.6.4, modified — Archives replaces museum; physically added.]
3.6.5
reading room
reader area in the form of a separate, delineated room provided and reserved for the consultation of holdings, usually combined with a reference collection
[SOURCE: ISO 5127:2017,3.11.3.20]
3.6.6
remote storage
storage of holdings in a place not directly connected with the main premises of the archives (3.1.1)
[SOURCE: ISO 5127:2017, 3.9.1.04, modified一Holdings is used to replace documents; archives replaces organization.]
3.6.7
repository
building or room or digital storage facility designed or arranged and used specifically and exclusively for long term storage of archives (3.1.1)
[SOURCE: ISO 5127:2017, 3.2.3.10, modified一”Digital storage facility” has been added; museum and library materials has been removed.]