Title & Author:

College and university archives : readings in theory and practice / Christopher J. Prom and Ellen D. Swain, editors.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Society of American Archivists, [2008]
©2008

Description:

xv, 357 page : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Academic archives : retrospect and prospect / Nicholas C. Burckel -- The impact of information technology on academic archives in the twenty-first century / Helen R. Tibbo -- Electronic publishing and institutional memory / Robert P. Spindler -- Remembering alma mater : oral history and the documentation of student culture (with a new afterword) ; Reflections on oral history in academia in the digital age / Ellen D. Swain -- Giving it more than the old college try : documenting diverse populations in college and university archives / Kathryn M. Neal -- 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in it' : assessing : the value of faculty papers and defining a collecting policy / Tom Hyry, Diane Kaplan, and Christine Weideman -- Perspectives on outreach at college and university archives / Tamar G. Chute -- Optimum access? : processing in college and university archives / Christopher J. Prom -- Reframing records management in colleges and universities / Nancy M. Kunde -- Balancing issues of privacy and confidentiality in college and university archives / Tim Pyatt -- Copyright law and unpublished materials : fair use and strategies for archival management / Kenneth D. Crews -- Encoded finding aids as a transforming technology in archival reference service / Richard V. Szary -- Managing expectations, expertise, and effort while extending services to researchers in academic archives / Elizabeth Yakel.

Summary:

The 13 essays in this volume offer provocative commentary and analysis in the ways archivists might better document college and university campuses and serve users. Three intertwined themes run throughout the reader: the opportunities and challenges posed by ever-changing technology, the importance of cooperation and collaboration beyond the walls of the archives, and the necessity of a proactive approach in undertaking the academic archival enterprise. As the essays gathered here demonstrate, archivists can and must play an active role in documenting the character and history of their institutions by applying their talents to the challenges in this new century. -- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

193166627X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781931666275 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0838910335
9780838910337

Subject:

Universities and colleges Archives Administration.
Universities and colleges United States Archives Administration.
Archives.
Records.
Universities and colleges.
Universities
Universités États-Unis Archives Administration.
Universités.
universities (institutions)
colleges (institutions)
Libraries, University and college.
Hochschularchiv
Universitätsarchiv
United States

Form/genre:

Archives.
Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Prom, Christopher J., editor.
Swain, Ellen D., editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257821
Call No.: BIB 188364
Status: Available