Photograp hs as Archival Material

Fotoğrafların arşivcilik bilimi ve sürecinde doğaları ve/veya kimyasal yapılarının sonucu olarakortaya çıkan özelliklerinden kaynaklanan kendilerine has bir yeri vardır. Bu nedenle fotoğraflarınarşivcilik kurallarına göre korunması çok önemli bir unsurdur. Arşivcilik sürecinde arşiv malzemesinindeğerlendirilmesi ile ilgili iki temel değerlendirme kriteri vardır; tarihi değer ve kanıt değeri. Diğerbir ifade ile arşiv malzemesi özelliğinin kazanılabilmesi için öncelikle göz önünde bulundurulmasıgereken unsurlar tarihi değer ve kanıt değeridir. Bu noktada tarihi ve bilgi değeri olan fotoğraflar tekve benzersiz arşiv malzemelerinin en önemlilerindendir. Fotoğraflar, kağıt, görsel-işitsel ve/veya elektronik malzemeden farklıdırlar. Bu noktada arşivcilerinfotoğrafları değerlendirebilmeleri için uzmanlık bilgisine duydukları ihtiyaç ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bununyanında fotoğraflar söz konusu olduğunda sadece depolanmaları ve korunmaları için değil diğer tümsüreçler için de uzmanlık bilgisi gerekmektedir. Bu nedenle fotoğraflar arşivcilerin ele aldıkları en zorve uğraştırıcı arşiv malzemelerinden biri olarak da görülebilir. Bu çalışma kapsamında arşiv malzemesiolan fotoğraflar ile ilgili tüm önemli noktalar ve fotoğrafların arşivsel süreç kapsamında yönetimiincelenmektedir.

Arşiv Materyali Olarak Fotoğraflar

In the archival science and process photographs have their own unique position because there arespecial characteristics that result from their genre and/or chemical structure. Thus, it is of extremeimportance that photographs be protected according to archival rules. In archival science there aretwo major important appraisal criteria for archival material; historical and evidential values. In otherwords, to be treated as archival material, the historical and evidential value should first be determined.At this point it is clear that photographs that have a primary historical and evidential value are one ofthe most important archival material which are unique and precious.Photographs are unlike paper, audio-visual and/or electronic material. Specialist knowledge isrequired in order for archivists to evaluate photographs. Photographs are distinct in requiring expertise,not only for their storage and preservation processes, but for other processes too. Thus Photographscan also be considered to be one of the most compelling archival material for archivists to work with.In this study all the important points about photographs as archival material and the management ofphotographs through archival practice will be discussed.

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