The definitions listed in Iowa Code section
17A.2 shall apply for
terms as they are used throughout this chapter In addition, the following
definitions apply:
"Archives" means state agency records and
other materials transferred to the custody of the state archives of Iowa in
accordance with Iowa Code Supplement chapter 305.
"Collections" means printed material,
photographs, archives, manuscripts and electronic records.
"Electronic records " means records in a form
that requires a computer or other machine to process them. "Electronic records"
includes word processing documents; electronic mail messages; documents
transmitted via electronic data interchange; Internet and Intranet postings;
numerical and textual spreadsheets and databases; electronic files; optical
images; software; and information systems.
"Library" means a unit of the state historical
society of Iowa that acquires, preserves and describes printed
materials.
"Manuscripts" means handwritten or typed
documents, including letterpress or carbon copies. A mechanically produced
document in handwriting or typescript is also considered a manuscript.
Manuscripts include bodies or groups of personal papers, business or
organizational records that have organic unity; artificial collections of
documents acquired from various sources according to a plan, but without regard
to provenance; and individual documents acquired because of their special
importance.
"Materials, " unless otherwise specified,
means the collections of the historical library, the special collections unit
of the historical library and the state archives of Iowa.
"Patrons" means any and all persons conducting
research or otherwise reading, viewing or consulting the state historical
society of Iowa collections. Patrons include both on-site and off-site
persons.
"Photographs " means, in general, images
mechanically recorded by a camera. This term includes negatives, prints, copy
negatives, copy prints, digital photographic images, motion picture film, and
videotape.
"Printed materials" means, in general, books,
journals, serials, magazines, newspapers, and maps and atlases.
"Reference " means the basic function of
providing information about library and state archives of Iowa materials and
making the materials available for research.
"Research " means the studious inquiry into or
examination of library and state archives materials aimed at the discovery and
interpretation of facts.
"Special collections materials" means
privately donated collections acquired by the library and publications bureau
of the state historical society of Iowa.
"Special collections unit" means the unit of
the state historical society of Iowa that acquires, preserves and describes
special collections materials.
