Archives and Records Management
Offering holistic coverage of the basics of records management, information governance, and data governance, this cutting-edge text also provides an overview of the evolution of technology and thinking in the field.
This practical guide is an essential read for librarians looking to learn more about how to decolonize their collection and library as a space.
"Archivists can gain a better understanding of vital concepts for decolonizing existing archival frameworks in their institutions."
— Technical Services Quarterly
Spanning H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Marvel’s Loki, this delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline. Presenting a book that can serve as a teaching text, readers’ advisory guide, and thought-provoking page turner, the authors
- explore dozens of novels, short stories, movies, and TV series (particularly Doctor Who), spotlighting different science fictional approaches to writing about time travel while pointing out how archives and archivists are represented in different time travel stories;
- examine how various cultures and societies view and understand time differently, using works such as Octavia Butler’s Kindred, Toshikazo Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and Rivers Solomon’s An Unkindness of Ghosts to show how differences in temporal perception affect the presentation of time travel in their works;
- look at stereotypes, outdated views, and biases depicted within time travel depictions of archives, comparing these portrayals with real-world archives and historical records;
- discuss ways in which understanding time travel fiction can help archivists improve their relationships with the public and encourage more accurate fictional depictions of their work; and
- connect the concepts in their book to cultural heritage practices that encourage critical thinking about archivists' roles in documenting our times.
This collection of essays examine 21st century social justice movements through the lens of preservation.
"[Hunter's manual] still maintains its status as the seminal archival textbook and operations manual. It is highly recommended for both archives instructional and archives management applications."
— Technicalities
"An engaging primer for practicing archivists and students of the field ... This is a well-rounded book."
— Booklist
"This book should serve admirably as a text for related coursework."
— The American Archivist
"From planning to funding to organizational structure, this title provides a sound basis for establishing, growing, and sustaining an archives preservation program within a larger organization or when the archives is a stand-alone entity." — American Archivist
Get ready to take control of all of your archival holdings!
"It is a superb piece of polemic and advocacy but could readily serve too as an introduction to the key recordkeeping issues of democracies in the digital age ... Every archivist should read it.”
— Archives and Manuscripts
"This book can be suggested to any archivist across the field who wishes to embed its practices in their role and counter historical marginalization."
— Journal of Western Archives
This book will be useful reading for all archivists and records managers; LIS professionals in libraries, museums and galleries; and students, researchers and genealogists.
