ABSTRACT
Archival science is an academic and professional discipline. As such it is concerned with the theory and methodology, as well as the practice, of the creation, use and preservation of records and archives: coherent collections of records. Archives are kept for several reasons: democratic states feel the need to be transparent; archives can be used to make political accountability possible; archives are essential in assisting the protection of citizens’ rights, and they are necessary to answer a societal need for safeguarding collective memory and cultural heritage.
