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close this book The archival appraisal of records containing personal information: A RAMP study with guidelines
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close this folder 1. Introduction
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close this folder 3. A theoretical model
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The archival appraisal of records containing personal information: A RAMP study with guidelines

prepared by Terry Cook

Original: English

PGI-91/WS/3

Paris, April 1991

General Information Programme and UNISIST

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

This document is the photographic reproduction of the author's text

Recommended catalogue entry:

Cook, Terry

The archival appraisal of records containing personal information: A RAMP study with guidelines / prepared by Terry Cook [for the] General Information Programme and UNISIST. - Paris, UNESCO, 1991. 99 p., 30 cm. - (PGI-91/WS/3)

I - Title

II - UNESCO. General Information Programme and UNISIST

III - Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP)

© UNESCO, 1991