1. Ludwig von Bertalanffy,General System Theory: Foundation, Development, Applications, rev. ed. (New York: George Brazillier, Inc., 1968), p. 75.
2. Ibid., 66–79.
3. Fritiof Capra,The Web of Life (New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996), p. 42.
4. For this entire discussion of systems I am indebted to Diane Rogers,Archives as Systems (MAS thesis, University of British Columbia, 2000).
5. HughTaylor discussed the concept of paradigm shift in archives in the keynote address entitled “Transformation in the Archives: Technological Adjustment or Paradigm Shift?” delivered in 1987 at the Association of Canadian Archivists annual meeting.