Definition

The ongoing usefulness or significance of records, based on the administrative, legal, fiscal, evidential, or historical information they contain, justifying their continued preservation.

Source: Richard Pearce-Moses. A glossary of archival and records terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists.

Introduction

Archival value refers to the enduring administrative, historical, legal, fiscal, evidential, informational, intrinsic, or other value that justifies preserving and maintaining records as part of the Archives Permanent Collection.

Related terms

Administrative value

Archival appraisal

Evidential value

Fiscal value

Historical value

Informational value

Intrinsic value

Legal value