Q: What is an archive?

A: An archive is a place that collects things. Process of collecting things is very important.

AN ORGANIZED COLLECTION OF DATA

• metadata (Titles, captioning, descriptions, tagging)
• Audience: Researchers
• Worldcat subject headings: The largest online bibliography that exists.
• Expository writing: description (disspassionate, objective language, level of detail is not set in stone)