Definition

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Materials physically and officially transferred to a repository as a unit at a single time.

The process of seeking and receiving materials from any source by transfer, donation, or purchase.

Source: https://dictionary.archivists.org/entry/acquisition.html 

Introduction

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Materials received as a unit (i.e., accession) and added to the Archives Permanent Collection. Acquisitions refers to the process of acquiring records from any source. This process results in the periodic need to reappraise (see: reappraisal)the Archives Permanent Collection for materials that need to be deaccessioned (see: deaccession).

Standards

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Acquisition of digital archives is is a core archival function guided by two ISO standards:

• ISO 20652:2006 - Producer-archive interface -- methodology abstract standard (PAIMAS)
  • CCSDS 651.0-M-1: https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/651x0m1.pdf
    
    
• ISO 20104:2015 - Producer-archive interface specification (PAIS)
  • CCSDS 651.1-B-1: https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/651x1b1.pdf

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Deaccessioning

Reappraisal

Source

https://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/a/acquisition

Further reading

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Dalhousie Libraries' Documentation

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/wiki/spaces/APM/pages/901840926

University Archives Procedure Manual - Accessioning