n. ~ 1. a record on eye-readable carrier media
Cited In
Kodak, “KODAK Reference Archive System: Digital Convenience, Analog Integrity” (August 2003).
Peters, Catherine Stollar, “When Not All Papers Are Paper: A Case Study in Digital Archivy,” Provenance 24 (2006): 27‒28.
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n. ~ 3. a record that is either eye-readable or that is an electronic record that does not contain digital data
Cited In
The National Archives (UK), Digitisation at The National Archives (The National Archives: n.p., 2013): 4.
Sutherland, Tonia, review of Practical Digital Preservation: A How-To Guide for Organizations of Any Size by Adrian Brown, The American Archivist 77 (Fall/Winter 2014): 583.
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Broader Term
record
Related Term
automated record
digital record
electronic record
Notes
The term analog record is most often employed as a synonym for paper record that is used to distinguish a digital record from a paper one. However, it is also used to distinguish between an analog versus a digital electronic record (in the sense that any record is electronic if it requires electricity to be perceived). The term is, finally, also used to mean any record that is not stored digitally, which could include records on paper, microfilm, or even clay tablets, as well as a record stored on nondigital electronic tape, disc, or wire. Some archivists argue, however, that the only records that can be truly analog—in the narrower original sense—are predigital audio and video records.
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