Centre for Information Studies
Library and Information Science
Archives: Recordkeeping in Society
Table Of Contents Sample chapter
Sue
McKemmish, Michael Piggott, Barbara Reed and Frank Upward (eds.)
(2005)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 24.
354pp. soft cover
ISBN 978 1876938 84 0
This book introduces the significance of archives and the results of
local and international research in archival science. It explores the
role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical
contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information:
new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities
for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is
the relationship between evidence and memory in archives and in archival
discourse. It also explores recordkeeping and accountability, memory,
societal power and juridical power, along with an examination of issues
raised by globalisation and interntionalisation.
The chapter authors are researchers, practitioners and educators from leading Australian and international recordkeeping organisations, each contributing previously unpublished research in and reflections on their field of expertise. They include Adrian Cunningham, Don Schauder, Hans Hofman, Chris Hurley, Livia Iacovino, Eric Ketelaar and Ann Pederson.
The book reflects broad Australian and international perspectives making it relevant worldwide. It will be a particularly valuable resource for students of archives and records, researchers from realted knowledge disciplines, sociology and history, practitioners wanting to reflect further on their work, and all those with an interest in archives and their role in shaping human activity and community culture.
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Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Traces: Document, record, archive, archives - Sue McKemmish
Chapter 2 Archival institutions - Adrian Cunningham
Chapter 3 Professing archives: A very human enterprise - Ann Pederson
Chapter 4 Documents - Robert Hartland, Sue McKemmish & Frank Upward
Chapter 5 Records - Barbara Reed
Chapter 6 The archive - Hans Hofman
Chapter 7 The archives - Sue McKemmish, Barbara Reed & Michael Piggott
Chapter 8 The records continuum - Frank Upward
Chapter 9 Recordkeeping and accountability - Chris Hurley
Chapter 10 Recordkeeping and juridical governance - Livia Iacovino
Chapter 11 Recordkeeping and societal power - Eric Ketelaar
Chapter 12 Archives and memory - Michael Piggott
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Notes on contributors
Index