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Author:   Jeannette A. Bastian ,  Ben Alexander
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9781856046398

ISBN 10:   1856046397
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the series - Geoffrey Yeo Introduction: Communities and archives - a symbiotic relationship - Jeannette A. Bastian and Ben Alexander PART 1: A COMMUNITY ARCHIVES MODEL 1. `It is noh mistri, wi mekin histri.' Telling our own story: independent and community archives in the UK, challenging and subverting the mainstream - Andrew Flinn and Mary Stevens 2. Special, local and about us: the development of community archives in Britain - David Mander PART 2: COMMUNITIES AND NON-TRADITIONAL RECORD KEEPING 3. The Single Noongar Claim: native title, archival records and aboriginal community in Western Australia - Glen Kelly 4. Oral tradition in living cultures: the role of archives in the preservation of memory - Patricia Galloway 5. We are our memories: community and records in Fiji - Setareki Tale and Opeta Alefaio PART 3: RECORDS LOSS, DESTRUCTION AND RECOVERY 6. Archiving the queer and queering the archives: a case study of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) - Marcel Barriault 7. A living archive, shared by communities of records - Eric Ketelaar 8. Truth commissions and the construction of collective memory: the Chile experience - Joel A. Blanco-Rivera PART 4: ONLINE COMMUNITIES: HOW TECHOLOGY BRINGS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR RECORDS TOGETHER 9. From Yizkor Books to weblogs: genocide, grassroots documentation and new technologies - Andras Riedlmayer and Stephen Naron 10. Co-creation of the Grateful Dead sound archive: control, access and curation communities - David A. Wallace PART 5: BUILDING A COMMUNITY ARCHIVE 11. `All the things we cannot articulate': colonial leprosy archives and community commemoration - Ricardo L. Punzalan 12. Overcoming anonymity: Kittitians and their archives - Victoria Borg O'Flaherty 13. Always queer, always here: creating the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - Steven G. Fullwood Conclusion: The archivist and community - Richard J. Cox.

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..required reading for anyone responsible for the shaping of memory -- Business Archives An inspirational practical guide to defining community identity with records and archives...The gripping narrative, the chronology, the citations and the data in every single essay demonstrate admirable passion and valuable experience...This mega-resource pools information and experience from every corner of the information and physical world. It is a must-read for professionals who wish to enhance their understanding of how records and archives shape human memory or who want to develop a deeper understanding of their roles and responsibilities as info pros in archives, museums or records institutions. -- Information World Review ...an important addition to the recent discourse about the meaning and purposes of archives. -- The American Archivist

..required reading for anyone responsible for the shaping of memory - Business Archives An inspirational practical guide to defining community identity with records and archives...The gripping narrative, the chronology, the citations and the data in every single essay demonstrate admirable passion and valuable experience...This mega-resource pools information and experience from every corner of the information and physical world. It is a must-read for professionals who wish to enhance their understanding of how records and archives shape human memory or who want to develop a deeper understanding of their roles and responsibilities as info pros in archives, museums or records institutions. - Information World Review ...an important addition to the recent discourse about the meaning and purposes of archives. - The American Archivist

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Jeannette A. Bastian is Associate Professor and Director of the Archives Program Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston. Ben Alexander is Assistant Professor, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, The City University of New York. Contributors Opeta Alefaio Marcel Barriault Joel A. Blanco-Rivera Victoria Borg O'Flaherty Richard J. Cox Andrew Flinn Steven G. Fullwood Patricia Galloway Glen Kelly Eric Ketelaar David Mander Stephen Naron Ricardo L. Punzalan Andras Riedlmayer Mary Stevens Setareki Tale David A. Wallace

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