00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217610304222 Buklod 20120514135923.0 m o j ta 120514s2012 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00184903763 DLS eng DMLUC LG 995 2012 L4 A73 Araceli, Alfonso A. author. An assessment of the archives practices in the Philippine provinces of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), 1909-2009 Alfonso A. Araceli ; Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre, adviser ; Iyra S. Buenrostro Jr., co-adviser ; Yolanda C.Granda, reader. Quezon City School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman 2012. xiii, 111 leaves illustrations (some color) 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Vita. Special Problem (Master of Library and Information Science)--University of the Philippines Diliman April 2012. For the many years that Society of the Divine Word (SVD) congregation has been engaged in missionary work in the Philippines, little has been known that an effort in archiving is exerted. There were attempts in the past to organize and to put in order the records and filing system of the congregation but it did not succeed. Being the oldest in the three Philippine provinces, the PHC Archives has the most collection of documents in the congregation, aside from books and few artifacts that it has at present. The purpose of this paper is to assess the archives practices of the Philippine provinces of the SVD, with focus on the central province archives. It concerns particularly the following areas: a) acquisition and appraisal, b) arrangement and description; c) reference and access; d) preservation; e) promotion and outreach; and f) administration of the PHC Archives. The respondents in this study were the members of three (3) biggest communities of priests and brothers in the central province, namely: Catholic Trade community in Manila, Divine Word Seminary community in Tagaytay and Christ the King Seminary community in Quezon City. The choice of the respondents was based on their proximity to the Archives, and being its immediate users, they are the most accessible to the facilities and services of the PHC Archives. In the course of this study, the researcher found out that the PHC Archives has a lot more efforts to exert as far as its archives practices are concerned. The acquisition practices in the archives is done through transfer and donation, without the benefit of an Archives Policy to guide the person in-charge in this process. The arrangement of archival materials does not conform with the Principles of Provenance and Original Order which are prescribed for an archives. The PHC Archives also does not practice Description of documents. While Reference and Access seem easily done for its immediate users, the Archives facilities and holdings are not promoted to SVD members in the province. Passive conservation is being practiced in order to maintain its present collection. The PHC Archives has a long way to go in order to accomplish the prescribed standard and best practices among archives. This will only happen if the PHC Archives will someday assign a trained archivist to professionalize the archives system in the central province as well as the other archives in the Philippine provinces of the SVD. Society of the Divine Word (SVD). Archives, Diocesan Philippines Evaluation. Archives Philippines Management. Aguirre, Vyva Victoria M. adviser. Buenrostro, Iyra S. co-adviser. Granda, Yolanda C. reader. FI UP UPD DARCHIVES LG 995 2012 L4 A73 UPD DLS LG 995 2012 L4 A73 Thesis