Conceptualising archival literacy as an organisational capability
摘要
This article reconceptualises archival literacy as an organisational capability in response to the dominance of individual-oriented approaches in archival literacy studies. While existing literature largely frames archival literacy as individual knowledge or awareness, this perspective offers limited explanatory power for understanding the sustainability of recordkeeping in complex, digitally mediated organisations. Drawing on organisational capability theory and archival traditions, the article conceptualises archival literacy as a collective capacity embedded in routines, governance structures, socio-technical infrastructures, and shared frameworks of meaning. Four constitutive dimensions are identified: recordkeeping routines and practices, governance and normative arrangements, socio-technical infrastructure support, and shared meaning-making concerning archives. By reconceptualising archival literacy at the organisational level, the article provides a framework for analysing how recordkeeping capacity is institutionalised within governance structures, routines, and socio-technical systems. The article concludes by outlining implications for archival theory and future empirical research.