Thus, the company delivers its collection to the archive, the archivist delivers a wide range of documents to researchers, and the researcher provides corporate knowledge to the firm. In this scenario, the company needs to tell the researcher what types of corporate memory it values, thereby providing input into business history. The researcher tells the archivist which forms of evidence are most valuable, thus contributing to the development of collecting principles. Finally, the archivist tells the corporation what types of record it wants, based upon both the collecting principles and an awareness of current listings of records. The communication of these desires enhances the interactive and reiterative nature of the relationships between the three groups.
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