A STUDY OF THE THEORY OF APPRAISAL FOR SELECTION By ...

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having permanent value.16^An added advantage of using such
criteria is the fact that the selected records represent only
2.5* of all records created, which thus restricts the bulk of
records necessary to preserve.17 In contrast, only a small part
of the housekeeping records of an organization is necessary to
preserve in order "to illustrate the variations in such
processes" of the implementation of policy, and "to help in the
interpretation of other records representing its substantive
functions."18
Schellenberg remains oblivious to the theoretical
justifications for structural analysis. Instead, he understands
it to be a practical approach to the identification of a
particular kind of value:
The test . . . can be applied by all
archivists, for no archivist is likely to
question that evidence of every agency's
organization and functioning should be
preserved. Differences of judgement will
arise only as to the completeness with which
such evidence should be preserved.19
He clearly acknowledges the importance of evidential value, and
provides a clear methodology for deriving value from a thorough
and objective analysis of the administrative structure of the
creating organization. But, he fails to project his analysis to
16 Ibid, 143. Schellenberg's approach to the identification
of evidential value is found on pp. 142-148.
17 Ibid, 143.
18 Ibid, 146-147.
19 Ibid, 141.
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