Title & Author:

American archival studies : readings in theory and practice / edited by Randall C. Jimerson.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Society of American Archivists
©2000

Description:

vii, 657 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American archivists and the search for professional identity / Randall C. Jimerson -- "Dear Mary Jane" : some reflections on being an archivist / John A. Fleckner -- To remember and forget : archives, memory, and culture / Kenneth E. Foote -- The symbolic significance of archives / James M. O'Toole -- "Mind and sight" : visual literacy and the archivist / Elisabeth Kaplan and Jeffrey Mifflin -- Liberty, equality, posterity? Some archival lessons from the case of the French Revolution / Judith M. Panitch -- The provenance of a profession : the permanence of the public archives and historical manuscripts traditions in American archival history / Luke J. Gilliland-Swetland -- The blessings of providence on an association of archivists / J. Frank Cook -- At the "rim of creative dissatisfaction" : archivists and acquisition development / Timothy L. Ericson -- Who controls the past / Helen Willa Samuels -- The documentation strategy and archival appraisal principals : a different perspective / Richard J. Cox -- On the idea of uniqueness / James M. O'Toole -- Exploring the black box : the appraisal of university administrative records / Frank Boles and Julia Marks Young -- "The surest proof" : a utilitarian approach to appraisal / Mark Greene -- The power of the principal of provenance / David A. Bearman and Richard H. Lytle -- Description and reference in the age of automation / Avra Michelson -- Descriptive practices for electronic records : deciding what is essential and imagining what is possible / Margaret Hedstrom -- Encoded archival description : the development of an encoding standard for archival finding aids / Daniel V. Pitti -- In the eye of the beholder : archives administration for the user's point of view / Elsie Freeman Finch -- Facts and frameworks : an approach to studying the users of archives / Paul Conway -- Understanding administrative use and users in university archives / Elizabeth Yakel and Laura L. Bost Hensey -- On the idea of permanence / James M. O'Toole -- Archival preservation practice in a nationwide context / Paul Conway -- Preservation re-recording of audio recordings in archives : problems, priorities, technologies, and recommendations / Christopher Ann Paton -- Reinventing archives for electronic records : alternative services delivery options / David A. Bearman and Margaret Hedstrom -- Schellenberg in cyberspace / Linda J. Henry -- Digital communications : documentary opportunities not to be missed / Anne Gilliland-Swetland -- Redefining archival identity : meeting user needs in the information society / Randall C. Jimerson -- Keepers, users, and funders : building an awareness of archival value / John J. Grabowski.

Summary:

"The 28 essays reprinted in this volume represent significant recent American writings on archives and the role of archivists in modern society. The essays are arranged into nine parts: Understanding Archives and Manuscripts Archival History Selection and Documentation Appraisal Arrangement and Description Reference and the Use of Archives Preservation Electronic Records Management These articles provide important perspectives both on basic elements of archival practice and on fundamental principles in archival theory and methodology. In addition to these nine parts, there is an introduction and a list of contributors, which provide important context for the readings. "What deserves careful reading ... is Jimerson's seventeen-page introduction. It is brilliant and worth the price of the entire volume. In it, Jimerson lays the groundwork for a commanding understanding of the thought and development of the profession in the two decades of the 1980s and 1990s."--Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, American Archivist (65:1)

ISBN:

9780931828416 (alk. paper)
0931828414 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Archives Administration Study and teaching United States.
Archives United States Administration Philosophy.
Archives United States Administration.
Archivists United States.
Records.
Archives.
Archives Gestion Étude et enseignement États-Unis.
Archives États-Unis Gestion Philosophie.
Archives États-Unis Gestion.
Archivistes États-Unis.
Archives Administration
Archives Administration Study and teaching
Archivists
Archiefwetenschap.
Archiefwezen.
Archiefbeheer.
United States

Added entries:

Jimerson, Randall C., editor.
Society of American Archivists.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213315
Call No.: CD3021 .A7 2000
Status: Available