Appraisal and Acquisition

Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Herausgeber: Theimer, Kate

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Produktbeschreibung

Appraisal and Acquisition: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archivists and special collections librarians in organizations of different sizes and types have approached the challenges of collection, as well as exploring opportunities to acquire new kinds of materials and conduct thoughtful reappraisal.

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Produktdetails

• Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781442238541
• ISBN-10: 1442238542
• Artikelnr.: 42027297

Autorenporträt

Kate Theimer is the author of the popular blog ArchivesNext and a frequent writer, speaker and commentator on issues related to the future of archives. She is the editor of the Rowman & Littlefield series, Innovative Practices for Archives & Special Collections, in which volumes on management, description, outreach, and reference and access were published in 2014. She is also the author of Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections and the editor of A Different Kind of Web: New Connections between Archives and Our Users, as well having contributed chapters to Many Happy Returns: Advocacy for Archives and Archivists, The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping, and the Encyclopedia of Archival Science. She has published articles in the American Archivist and the Journal of Digital Humanities. Kate served on the Council of the Society of American Archivists from 2010 to 2013. Before starting her career as an independent writer and editor, she worked in the policy division of the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland. She holds an MSI with a specialization in archives and records management from the University of Michigan and an MA in art history from the University of Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "No Fame Required": Collaboration, Community, and the
Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project Morna Gerrard, Georgia State University 2.
Placed Out: Providing a Home for the Records of the Children's Aid Society
and the Orphan Trains Maurita Baldock, New-York Historical Society 3. "I
Really Can't Wait to Archive this Exchange": Exploring Processing as
Appraisal in the Tim Kaine Email Project Benjamin S. Bromley, Roger
Christman, and Susan Gray Eakin Page, Library of Virginia 4. Hardware for
SoftPoems: Appraisal and Acquisition of Vintage Computer Equipment Will
Hansen and Matthew Farrell, Duke University 5. From Projects to Policy: The
Evolution of a Systematic Reappraisal Program Tina Lloyd, Library and
Archives Canada 6. Terabytes from Far-Off Lands: Acquiring Records of the
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Jane Gorjevsky and Dina
Sokolova, Columbia University 7. So Much to Do, So Little Time:
Prioritizing To Acquire Significant University Records Laura Uglean
Jackson, University of Wyoming 8. The Studio Theatre Archives: Staging an
Embedded Appraisal Leahkim A. Gannett, Vincent J. Novara, Kelly J. Smith,
and Mary Crauderueff, University of Maryland 9. Making the Bulb Want to
Change: Implementing an Active Electronic Records Appraisal and Acquisition
Program Brad Houston, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 10. Weaving the Web
of Influence: Maximizing Archival Appraisal and Acquisition through the Use
of "Spider Advocates" Shelley Sweeney, University of Manitoba 11.
Reappraisal and Deaccessioning: Building for the Future by Removing Some of
the Past James Gerencser, Dickinson College 12. Tap into History: The Birth
of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Oregon State
University About the Author