Divided into three parts, the book covers preservation frameworks, the nuts and bolts of implementing and managing a preservation program, and the ethical and moral implications of preservation practices.
It's as if we need a system to safeguard our digital records for future scholars and researchers. Digital preservation experts, however, suggest that this is an illusory dream not worth chasing.
"Access and reference services are central to engaging with historical resources.
Archives & Manuscripts: Law
The archive is traditionally considered the counterpart of the library, the one storing records, the other housing "books.
Drawing on historical texts, this accessible volume provides a broad understanding of preservation for librarians, archivists, and museum specialists.
The first nine essays explore the rich contexts in which the appraisal of potential archival sources takes place and focus on understanding and managing all documentation to select the small percentage that will survive in archives.
Intended to provide the basic foundation for modern archival practaice and theory.
239–44 Poole, Reginald Lane, A Lecture on the History of the University Archives (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912) Posner, Ernst, 'The Effect of Changes in Sovereignty on Archives', American Archivist, 5 (1942), pp.
Digital technologies bring about major transformations, not only in terms of the types of documents that are transferred to and stored in archives, in the behaviors and practices of the humanities and social sciences (digital humanities), ...
In Advocacy and Awareness for Archivists, Kathleen D. Roe draws on her extensive experience to walk new and experienced archivists through basic principles and practices of advocating for and creating awareness of archives.