FROM WHITE GLOVES TO WHITE COATS: A CALL FOR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ARCHIVISTS AND HOARDING PSYCHOLOGISTS

With a wary eye on future expectations for American archives and archivists, this article examines informal appraisal and selection evaluations in society at large through the prism of hoarding psychology. With examples of self-storage and E-mail hoarding trends culled from popular news sources, and...

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Published in:Archival issues 2010-01, Vol.32 (1), p.23-31
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Archives
Archivists
Collaboration
Compulsive hoarding
Real estate industry
Self storage
Social psychology
Storage industry
Value appraisal
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Real estate industry
Self storage
Social psychology
Storage industry
Value appraisal
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