VREDNOVANJE ARHIVSKOGA GRADIVA: ANALIZA ARHIVSKE VRIJEDNOSTI I UTJECAJ NA OBRADU I KORIŠTENJE GRADIVA.

Objective. The author explains the notion of archival processes and material, showcases the catalogue of archival values, and deconstructs the relationship between archival material and act, history, identity, and other signifieds. The value of archival material directs the user's interpretation of various signifieds, creating chains of supplements and forming possibilities for usage, understanding, and accepting archival material. Approach/methodology/design. The author analyses the definition of archival material, appraisal, values of archival material, and related archival processing tasks. The author uses archival literature and dictionaries to analyse the appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, and description process. The author uses the literature of various disciplines and sciences, such as anthropology, archival science, deconstruction, linguistics, logic and semiotics, to analyse the notion of value and conduct deconstruction and semiotic analysis of archival material. Results. The author explains the archival appraisal process and the relationships with other processes in archives and defines and categorises the notion of the value of archival material. The paper also showcases the deconstruction of conceivable relationships of appraised archival material and its use and the mechanism of functioning of archival material as a semiotic sign. Originality/value. The originality of the paper consists of an additional reflection on archival terms related to appraisal, archival material and the interpretative potential that comes from its values for different uses and users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]