Main entry:

O'Toole, James M., 1950- author.

Title & Author:

Understanding archives & manuscripts / James M. O'Toole & Richard J. Cox.

Publication:

Chicago : Society of American Archivists, [2006]

Description:

xvii, 237 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Series:

Archival fundamentals series ; II

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-228) and index.
Recording, keeping, and using information. The oral world ; The rise and spread of literacy ; Reasons for recording information ; The impulse to save ; The impulse to destroy ; The technology of record making ; Characteristics of recorded information in the modern age ; The usefulness of archives ; Conclusion -- The history of archives and the archives profession. Old World antecedents ; American origins : the two traditions ; Emergence of the archival profession ; The crucial decade : the 1930s ; Diversification and development ; Consolidation of professional identity ; Current issues ; Conclusion -- The archivist's perspective : knowledge and values. Knowledge ; Values ; Conclusion -- The archivist's task : responsibilities and duties. Planning ; Saving and acquiring archival records ; Organizing archival records ; Making archival records available ; Conclusion -- Archivists and the challenges of new worlds. Postmodernism ; Internet time ; Ethics and security ; Symbolism and technology ; Advocacy and the archival mission ; Recordkeeping in the digital era ; Professionalism ; Conclusion.

Summary:

This volume introduces students and beginning practitioners to the fundamentals of working with and preserving archival records and manuscripts. Sample topics include the history of the archives profession, the organization of archival records, and the values that inform practice. A new chapter on contemporary challenges in the archival world has been added for the second edition, and the bibliographic essay has been updated.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781931666206 (alkaline paper)
1931666202 (alkaline paper)

Subject:

Archives Administration.
Archives History.
Archives Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Records Management.
Archives.
Records.
Archives Gestion.
Archives Histoire.
Archives Guides, manuels, etc.
06.90 archives and archive science.
Archieven.
Archiefbeheer.
Archiefwetenschap.

Form/genre:

Handbook
handbooks.
manuals (instructional materials)
Handbooks and manuals.
History.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Cox, Richard J., author.
Society of American Archivists, issuing body.
Archival fundamentals series. II.

Understanding archives and manuscripts

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247301
Call No.: BIB 176842
Status: Available