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As our heritage deteriorates through erosion, human error or natural disasters, it has become more important than ever to preserve our past ' even if it is in digital form only. This highly relevant work describes thorough research and methods for…

Community Archives is part of a series called Principles and Practices in Records Management and Archives. The series aims to augment the body of professional knowledge and understanding currently available. Each book in the series offers a detailed…

Early developers of digital resources often had little thought for how their projects might dovetail with others. Today many of these projects suffer from this lack of forethought; they cannot be extended for broader use, they cannot be built upon by…

Colin Post’s article focuses on the importance of institutions establishing a collaborative relationship with local artist. The collaboration comes from the personal archives of artists sharing their content to institutions. To ensure the long-term…

Within his article “Digital Curation/Digital Archiving: A View from the National Archives of Australia,” Adrian Cunningham tackles the true definition of the term digital archive. Bringing in a perspective from the National Archives of Australia…

A good overview regarding the practical aspects of collecting oral histories. The authors state that anyone with the time, resources, and interest can take part in the recording of oral history. There are no age barriers or educational barriers when…

In this article Dale Flecker, the Associate Director for Planning and Systems at Harvard University Library advocates greater involvement by the nation’s scholarly community in the process of preservation and archiving of material. Flecker warns that…

Through In Visible Archives, Margaret Galvan examines five collections of records created in the 1980s that are centered around a number of feminist and cultural issues. She focuses on visual records produced by women, such as comics, photographs,…

Authors Sandy Green and Gareth Winter narrate the history of the Wairarapa Archive located in southeast New Zealand. They attribute the popularity and growth of this archive to its successful partnerships and community outreach program, as well as…

Transforming the Authority of the Archive from editors and contributors Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes is a collection of articles written by vcontributors from a range of institutions including small liberal arts colleges, HBCUs, Ivy Leagues,…