Reading the Records Continuum: Interpretations and Explorations

This article provides multiple parallel readings of the records continuum model in relation to a single case study. The purpose of these multiple readings is to illustrate the capacity of the model to support different interpretations, simultaneously, depending on the context. The article demonstrates that the records continuum theory and model is not a straightjacket for linear application of records theory within a government arena. It is a vibrant and dynamic tool and method of thinking that challenges all archivists to engage on a broad social canvas, in addition to providing the means of articulating specific methodologies for specific contexts