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Sign up here: http://www2.archivists.org/word-of-the-week<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | OHIO University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | <a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu">carleton@ohio.edu</a> | <a href="http://media.library.ohiou.edu">http://media.library.ohiou.edu</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/jcarletonoh">http://twitter.com/jcarletonoh</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/AldenLibDigital">http://twitter.com/AldenLibDigital</a> | <a 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The Society of American Archivists (SAA) approved its first official code of ethics in 1980. The SAA Code was first revised in 1992, when an ample commentary was added, then again in 2005, when the commentary was removed (Cox, 2008), and most recently in 2012.<br> <br>Other codes exist, such as the Code of Ethics adopted by the International Council on Archives in 1996.<br><br>All of these codes try with varying degrees of emphasis to establish guidelines for resolving conflicts which arise from duties owed to the different parties concerned with archives: records creators, donors, researchers and the archivist's institution. (Dingwall, 2004; Jimerson, 2006).<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Citations:</span></strong><br>“<a href="http://archivists.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=1947632679&e=399b52cd06" target="_blank"><span style='color:#577FB3'>The Archivist's Code</span></a>,” National Archives and Records Administration (<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>1955</span></strong>).<br> <br>Cox, Richard J. “Archival Ethics: The Truth of the Matter,” <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology</span></em>, 59, no. 7 (<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>2008</span></strong>): 1128–1133.<br> <br>Dingwall, G. “Trusting Archivists: The Role of Archival Ethics in Establishing Public Faith,” <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>American Archivist</span></em>, 67 (<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>2004</span></strong>): 11–30.<br> <br>Horn, D.E. “The Development of Ethics in Archival Practice,” <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>American Archivist</span></em>, 52, no. 1 (<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>1989</span></strong>): 64–71.<br> <br>Jimerson, Randall C. “Ethical Concerns for Archivists,” <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The Public Historian</span></em>, 28, no. 1 (<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>2006</span></strong>): 87–92. <br> <br>“<a href="http://archivists.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=be3677784e&e=399b52cd06" target="_blank"><span style='color:#577FB3'>SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics</span></a>,” Society of American Archivists.<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Call for Case Studies in Archival Ethics:</span></strong><br>SAA’s Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct <a href="http://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=b36580c670&e=399b52cd06" target="_blank"><span style='color:#577FB3'>invites you to submit a case study</span></a> drawn from real life that address one or more of the areas covered by the <a href="http://archivists.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6&id=7e7340c319&e=399b52cd06" target="_blank"><span style='color:#577FB3'>Code of Ethics for Archivists</span></a>. 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