Definition

A person, corporate body, family, or software responsible in some way for the creation or management of a resource, or the subject of that resource.

Source: Agents in ArchivesSpace, University of Denver Special Collections Processing Manual.

Introduction

The ArchivesSpace accessioning database uses the term agent to refer to corporate bodies, persons, families, or software applications that may be linked to accession records or resource records. 

Agents in ArchivesSpace are described as Authority Records published in the Archives Catalogue.

Related terms 

Accessioning

Accession

Acquisition

Dalhousie Libraries documentation

See Section 2 - Accessioning of the University Archives Procedure Manual for detailed information on accessioning:

• Guiding principles for accessioning

• History of accessioning at Dalhousie

• Accessioning workflow

• Create and edit accession records in ArchivesSpace

• Metadata guidelines for accession records

• Register of digital storage devices