archivy

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English

Etymology

Coined by an unknown speaker at the first meeting of the Society of American Archivists in 1937.

Noun

archivy (uncountable)

  1. Archival science.
    • 2013, Mark A. Greene, “A Critique of Social Justice as an Archival Imperative: What Is It We’re Doing That’s All That Important?”, in The American Archivist, volume 76, number 2, →JSTOR, page 303:
      But, while at times proponents of social justice write of it and activist archivy as if the former were simply an extension of the latter, I will argue that a social justice agenda represents both a difference in degree and a difference in kind from an activist agenda.
    • 2015, Verne Harris, “Hauntology, archivy and banditry: an engagement with Derrida and Zapiro”, in Critical Arts, volume 29, number supplement 1, →DOI, page 15:
      In the discourses of archivy and broader discourses which have taken an archival turn in the last two decades, the word ‘archive’ has become invested with multiple meanings.
    • 2018, Norman Mooradian, Ethics for Records and Information Management‎, Schuman, page 49:
      In its role as an enabler of transparency and accountability in the public sector, records management is similar to archivy.

References

  • "archivy", Dictionary of Archives Terminology
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