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Archive Vs Museum Vs Library


 

Archives

Museums

Libraries

Identify, appraise, preserve, and make available documentary materials of long-term value (essential evidence) to the organization or a public that the archives serve

Identify, acquire, preserve, and exhibit unique, collectable, or representative objects 

Identify, acquire, preserve, and provide access to the world’s published knowledge 

Ensure the accountability of government by preserving public records and making them available to the citizenry as is legally and ethically appropriate

Promote cultural, community, and familial identity and understanding

 

Promote equity of access to information

 

Ensure the accountability of nongovernmental institutions to their shareholders, boards, and other constituents

Provide experiences where visitors can make connections between content and ideas

Promote intellectual freedom

Preserve unique or collectable documents

Serve as memory institutions for a culture

Support education and continuous learning and research

Serve as memory institutions for a culture

Support formal and informal learning and research

Support the development of information literacy in society

Support scholarly, administrative, and personal research

Serve as focal points for communities and promote community interests

Serve as focal points for communities and promote community interests

Source: Gilliland-Swetland, Anne, 2000. Enduring Paradigm, New Opportunities. The Value of the Archival Perspective in the Digital Environment. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources.



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