الخطوط الإرشادية لمعرفة المصادر الأولية (PSL)‎ الصادرة عن جمعية الأرشيفيين الأمريكيين (SAA)‎ و قسم المخطوطات و الكتب النادرة (RBMS)‎ : دراسة تطبيقية

Abstract EN

Although the concept of Primary Source Literacy (PSL) differs from one specialization to another, it is generally agreed that primary sources are the major sources of information for any specialization.

Hence, the researcher has opted for primary source literacy guidelines issued from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and Rare Books and Manuscript Section (RBMS) in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to raise the awareness of researchers and people alike of the necessary skills to employ primary sources effectively.

The study at hand applies these guidelines to some documents kept in the Electronic Memory Unit, at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University.

The researcher has selected this newly established unit because it acts as a fledgling platform for academic archives on which advanced countries depend to attract researchers from discipline.

The models selected in this study highlight how to deal with primary sources in an attempt to improve the performance of archival institutions in the Arab countries.