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Archives of science: An International Perspective and

Comparison on Best Practices for Handling of Scientific Records –

results 2004

ICA/SUV: Subcommittee on Science Archives.

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Results of the Survey on Science Archives:

18 respondents, 12 countriesA: Extent of the definition of science

12= A 1 (all sciences)3=A 2 (except of social sciences and humanities)

2= A 3 (other definitions)

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B: The term research5=B 1 (only academic)

12= B 2 (non-academic)0= B3 (other definitions)

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C: The term ”records of science”7=C 1 (records created during scientific project)

8=C 2 (during the entire research activity)6=C 3 (all records)

4=C 4 (private papers)

4=C 5 (other definition)

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D: External and internal rules13=D 1(archival law)

12=D 2 (university/institution policy)4=D 3 (rules stated by the research team)

7=D 4 (request of the donor)

2=D 5 (other definition)

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E: The owner of records of science

5=E 1 (private property)5=E 2 (university/institution)

5=E 3 (public property)6=E 4 (others)

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F: Way of collection/ingest

2=F 1(obliged by the archival law to deliver)3=F 2 (obliged by the university policy)

10=F 3 (donation)10=F 4(persuation to deliver)

1=F 5 (purchasing)3=F 6 (other way)

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G: Types of records11=G 1(project description/plan)

11=G 2 (funding application, contracts)12=G 3 (corespondence/contracts)

3=G 4 (application to ethical committees)11=G 5 (methods description)

10_G 6 (raw data)8=G 7 (analyzed data)

12=G 8 (results)12=G 9 (personnel records)

7=G 10 (other records)

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H: Types of records created and preserved electronically

0=H 1 (all records)0=H 2 (raw data)4=H 3 (results)

12=H 4 (other records)

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I: Policies for digital preservation

2=I 1 (yes)

15= I 2 (no)

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J: Methods of preservation

7=J 1(native formats)1=J 2 (emulation)2=J 3 (migration)

0=J 4 (conversion to analogue media)3=J 5 (other methods)

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K: Responsibility on appraisal2=K 1 (university board)

0=K 2 (faculty dean)4=K 3 (scientist)

2=K 4 (scientist group)1=K 5 (chief of the department)

9=K 6 (archivist)3=K 7 (others)

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