ANNEXE 7

QUESTIONNAIRE (CHERCHEUR)

VERSION ANGLAISE

Return date:

SURVEY ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN ARCHIVAL SCIENCE

SURVEY SENT TO RESEARCHERS

1. IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCHER

Name : ________________________________________________________________________________
Title : ________________________________________________________________________________
Address : _____________________________________________________________________________
City : _____________________________	State/Province : ________________________
Country : ____________________________	Zip code/Postal code :________________________
Telephone : ________________________	Fax :_______________________________
Telex : ____________________________	Electronic mail : __________________
Language(s) of communication :_____________________________________________________________________

2. IDENTIFICATION OF INSTITUTION

Name of institution : ________________________________________________________________
Parent institution(if affiliated) :____________________________________________________________
Address : _____________________________________________________________________________
City : _____________________________	State/Province : ________________________
Country : _____________________________	Zip code/Postal code :_______________________
Telephone : _________________________	Fax :_______________________________
Telex : _____________________________	Electronic mail : __________________

3. RESEARCH GENERAL INFORMATION

Identify the approximate percentage of your time you devoted during the last year to research, to teaching, to professional practice, and to administrative tasks.

____ % Research	____ % Teaching
____ % Professional practice	____ % Administrative task

What is the object of your research? (Check as many as are applicable)

Current records

Semi-current records

Historical records

What type of research do you conduct ?

Basic research	Applied research
Other (specify) : ___________________________________________________

4. RESEARCH AREAS

Which ones of the areas listed correspond to your research activities? (Check as many as are applicable)

Object and aim of archival science

Archives as .......... (information/documents/archives)
Purpose of archival science (conservation, access, administrative effectiveness, etc.)
Utility of archives (administrative and research uses)

Archives and society

Social role and status of the archivist in society
Archival science as discipline: its place in human knowledge
Archival science as profession: status of the archivist and relationships with
other professions

History of archives and of archival science

History of archives (institutions, repositories, etc.)
Development of archival principles
(records groups, principle of provenance, the life cycle, etc.)

Archival functions

Creation	Appraisal
Acquisition	Classification
Description	Conservation
Accessibility

Management of archival programs and services

Theory and practice of organizations
Program planning and evaluation
(needs analysis, feasibility studies, management statistics, implementation strategies, etc.)
Human resources management
Accounting and financial (fiscal administration, resource development, etc.)
Archives buildings and real estate
Marketing and public relations

Technology

Computerised archives management
Information systems
Telecommunications and networks

Supports and types of archival records. (Check to complete an archival function. For example, for the topic « Electronic records appraisal», check both appraisal and electronic records).

Audiovisual records (sound recording and motion pictures)
Electronic records
Iconographic records (photographs, maps and plans, etc.)
Textual records
Microforms (microfilms, microfiches, etc.)
Other media or types of archival records (specify): ______________________________

Types of institutions. (Check to complete an archival function. For example, for the topic « Church archives appraisal», check both appraisal and church institutions).

National public institutions
Regional public institutions
Local public institutions
Educational institutions
Health institutions
Church institutions
Commercial and industrial institutions
Socio-cultural and scientific institutions
Other types of institutions (specify): ____________________________

Specific issues related to archives

Ethics
Privacy protection
Access to information
Archives and environment
Other issues (specify):____________________________________

Other research areas (specify):

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

5. RESEARCH METHODS

Which methods do you use for your studies ?

Qualitative methods	Quantitative methods
Historical method
Other method (specify): _______________________________________________

6. DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS

How do you disseminate your research results ?

Journal articles	Monographs
Conference papers	Reports
Other (specify) : ___________________________________________________

Language(s) used for the dissemination of research results:

French

English

Spanish

Other(s) : _____________________________________

7. SOURCES FOR FUNDING OF RESEARCH

Please list names of organizations which have sponsored/funded your research:

____________________________________________________________________________________

8. FURTHER RESEARCH

Identify your research projects for the next five years:

What perpectives do you see for research in archival science ?

Assigning numbers from 1 to 5 (1 being the most important), identify themes which you feel should be priorities for research in archival science during the next several years.

____________________________________________________________________________________

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____________________________________________________________________________________

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Thanks for your collaboration

RETURN ADDRESS :
Professor Carol Couture
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
Université de Montréal	Telephone : (514) 343-6119
C. P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville	Fax : (514) 343-5753
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7 CANADA	Electronic mail : carol.couture@umontreal.ca

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