ABSTRACT
It was seen in Chapter 6 that archival description involved the creation of representations of the original archives. These representations could then be used to carry out the various tasks that are required in order to ensure that the original materials and the evidence they contain can be put to every appropriate use. The whole range of activities involved in this work, from the design of the system to the sorting orders of the finding aids can be pulled together under the general title of organi zation of information, thereby underlining the parallels there are between this work and tasks commonly carried out in the world of information management. Information organization includes the whole range of activities: indexing, abstracting, description, classification, records management and data exchange.
