Re: [ARSCLIST] Archive/Archives

[Dean Jeffrey <deanjeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the archives biz, at least in the US, "archives" (with an s) refers 
to the collection itself (singular) and to the building or institution 
that holds the collection (also singular). You can see definitions of 
both "archives" and "archive" in the Glossary of Archival and Records 
Terminology on the Society of American Archivists web site.

archives: 
http://archivists.org/glossary/term_details.asp?DefinitionKey=156

archive: http://archivists.org/glossary/term_details.asp?DefinitionKey=8

Essentially, if there's an s on the end, the term is a noun. If there's 
not an s on the end, the term is a verb, although you'll find 
archivists who don't think the term "archive" should be a verb (as in 
"Our method of archiving our sound recordings is to....")

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:         Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:28:10 -0500
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Archive/Archives

 News to me, and I worked on it. This seems a usage by the editor.

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 5:56 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Archive/Archives

 > The report "Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation ..." 
uses > the word 'archives' as a singular, typically in a phrase such as
> a libary or an archives ...
 > That's a construction new to me and not reflected in the OED. It 
seems > unlikely to be a typographic error, so can someone explain the 
distinction > between 'archive' (singular) and 'archives' (singular)?
>
> Mike
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