Emerging Trends in Archival Science

by Karen F. Gracy (Editor)

Overview

Emerging Trends in Archival Science provides readers with an excellent overview of the variety and scope of current scholarly thinking in archival science. A new generation of thinkers is making the case for the importance of archives for addressing grand societal challenges such as peace and security, human rights, and adaptation to technological change in the information society. These emergent archival scholars are bringing fresh insights about the nature of the archival endeavor and the role of archives in preserving evidence of an increasingly complex and diverse society. They are thinking about how people create, manage, and interact with records and how the next generation of archivists can best be equipped to handle the recordkeeping challenges of the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442275157
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Karen F. Gracy is an associate professor in the School of Information at Kent State University. Her scholarly interests span cultural heritage stewardship, which encompasses preservation and conservation processes and practices; digital curation activities that consider the roles of heritage professionals and users in the lifecycle of objects and records; and knowledge representation activities such as definitions of knowledge domains, development of standards for description, and application of new technologies to improve access to cultural heritage objects.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Evidence and Exigency: Reconstructing and Reconciling Records for Life After Conflict, Anne J. Gilliland
Chapter 2: A Case Study in Access to the Archival Records of the Military Courts of the Former Yugoslavia, Aida Škoro Babic
Chapter 3: On “Monstrous” Subjects and Human Rights Documentation, Mario Ramirez
Chapter 4: Archiving the Ephemeral Experience, Jennifer Jenkins
Chapter 5: Insights from Archivists to Educate for Advocacy, Sarah Buchanan
Chapter 6: Using Scenario Planning and Personas as an Aid to Reducing Uncertainty About Future Users, Erik A.M. Borglunda&Lena-Maria Öberg

Editorial Reviews

Emerging Trends in Archival Science offers an impressive and compelling body of scholarship concerning future directions in archival studies and pedagogy, particularly with respect to the subjects of human rights, collection development, advocacy, and appraisal. The volume’s six chapters are exceptionally well written and meticulously researched and, through the adroit incorporation of innovative ideas and interdisciplinary connections, they offer truly fresh perspectives on both established and emergent concepts in archival studies packed with a staggering amount of complexity and nuance given their relatively short page lengths.” —Archival Issues

“This volume showcases some of the very best new research ideas from practice and the academy. It demonstrates the value of archival thinking when applied to social justice issues and dislocation and war and offers new approaches to documenting social events.” —Elizabeth Shepherd, professor of archives and records management and director of research, University College London

“This volume pushes us to rethink traditional archival roles and responsibilities. From refugees and survivors of human rights abuse to performance artists and citizens, the archival stakeholders described here shift our narrow conceptions of record creators and users and expand the field for the better.” —Michelle Caswell Ph.D, assistant professor, Department of Information Studies, University of California–Los Angeles

“Karen F. Gracy has brought together a series of articles that demonstrates the power and relevance of international archival scholarship in the twenty-first century. Touching on issues of historical consciousness, postfactual politics, collective memory, identity, human rights, and social justice, the articles broaden our understanding of the nature and function of recorded knowledge, the impact of records on the lives of those who create them and those whose lives are bound within them, and the choices that record-keeping professionals face when negotiating various rights and claims in the name of documenting, acquiring, and preserving that knowledge and making it accessible.” —Ciaran B. Trace, associate professor, School of Information, University of Texas–Austin, and editor, Information & Culture: A Journal of History

“Overall, this book was read happily, was stimulating and displays the outward-facing, interdisciplinary

nature of archival science today. That this book exists and that it illustrates the

ability and desire of practitioners and theorists to engage with the archive and to consider it in

relation to some of the big questions of our time is to be welcomed.” —Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association

From the Publisher

Emerging Trends in Archival Science offers an impressive and compelling body of scholarship concerning future directions in archival studies and pedagogy, particularly with respect to the subjects of human rights, collection development, advocacy, and appraisal. The volume’s six chapters are exceptionally well written and meticulously researched and, through the adroit incorporation of innovative ideas and interdisciplinary connections, they offer truly fresh perspectives on both established and emergent concepts in archival studies packed with a staggering amount of complexity and nuance given their relatively short page lengths.

Archival Issues

Karen F. Gracy has brought together a series of articles that demonstrates the power and relevance of international archival scholarship in the twenty-first century. Touching on issues of historical consciousness, postfactual politics, collective memory, identity, human rights, and social justice, the articles broaden our understanding of the nature and function of recorded knowledge, the impact of records on the lives of those who create them and those whose lives are bound within them, and the choices that record-keeping professionals face when negotiating various rights and claims in the name of documenting, acquiring, and preserving that knowledge and making it accessible.

Ciaran B. Trace

Overall, this book was read happily, was stimulating and displays the outward-facing, interdisciplinary

nature of archival science today. That this book exists and that it illustrates the

ability and desire of practitioners and theorists to engage with the archive and to consider it in

relation to some of the big questions of our time is to be welcomed.

Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association

This volume showcases some of the very best new research ideas from practice and the academy. It demonstrates the value of archival thinking when applied to social justice issues and dislocation and war and offers new approaches to documenting social events.

Elizabeth Shepherd

This volume pushes us to rethink traditional archival roles and responsibilities. From refugees and survivors of human rights abuse to performance artists and citizens, the archival stakeholders described here shift our narrow conceptions of record creators and users and expand the field for the better.

Michelle Caswell Ph.D