Elizabeth Shepherd

Archives and Archivists in 20th Century England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Archives and Archivists in 20th Century England innovatively focuses on the multifunctional reasons behind the creations of archives. They are the raw material of our history and memory while archivists and records managers are the professionals responsible for ensuring that these qualities are protected and exploited for the public good. This volume will be of key interest to anyone working with archives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 401g
• ISBN-13: 9780815399063
• ISBN-10: 0815399065
• Artikelnr.: 57046312

Autorenporträt

Dr Elizabeth Shepherd qualified as an archivist and worked in archives and records management in local government before becoming a records management specialist at TFPL Ltd. In 1992 she was appointed in the Department of Information Studies at University College London to update and revise the MA in Archives and Records Management of which she was programme director until 2002. In 2003 she was appointed a senior lecturer and in 2007, Reader. She serves on the editorial boards of Journal of the Society of Archivists, Archival Science and the Records Management Journal, and was until recently a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the AHRC Peer Review College and the RAE 2008 Panel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 How Government Shaped the English Archival
Profession: Commissions, Legislation and Reports, 1800-1950; Chapter 2 How
Government Shaped the English Archival Profession: From Grigg to The
National Archives, 1950-2003; Chapter 3 A National Archival System or
Strength in Diversity: National Archival Institutions, 1838-2003; Chapter 4
Diversity of Provision: Local and Specialist Archives, 1889-2003; Chapter
5 From Scholarly Preoccupations Towards Professionalism: Historical and
Scholarly Associations, 1880-1945; Chapter 6 The Development of
Professional Bodies: The Society of Archivists and Beyond, 1945-2003;
Chapter 7 Gatekeepers to the Profession: Archival Education, 1880-1980;
Chapter 8 Archival Education: Specialisation, Expansion and Development of
Professional Education, 1960-2003; conclusion Conclusion: Archives and
Archivists in Twentieth Century England;