In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s
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, paintings, drawings, collages, and multi-media pieces. Galvan examines the influence these records have had on women's culture as well as how the surrounding culture influenced those visual records. Some of the cultural issues she focuses on are the feminist sex wars, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the women in print movement, and countercultural grassroots periodical networks. In Visible Archives highlights creations where women examine and interact with their own identities and bodies. With this book, Galvan seeks to make these visual archives visible and highlight their importance to history, which has previously been overlooked. Artists studied include Hannah Alderfer, Beth Jaker, Marybeth Nelson, Roberta Gregory, Lee Marrs, Alison Bechdel, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Nan Goldin.
Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence: Working with Born-Digital and Digitized Archival Collections
Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence: Working with Born-Digital and Digitized Archival Collections examines the types of collections that have been digital since the time of their inception. These include web archives, photoarchives, dark archives, and digital libraries. Digital archives have grown significantly in recent years, resulting in a growth of digital data, digital archivists, and new and open source software for the creation and maintenance of these digital archives. Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence: Working with Born-Digital and Digitized Archival Collections reviews how digital records are found, collected, appraised, and analyzed and the challanges archivists face throughout this process. It also explores how various disciplines interract throughout the archive creation, curation, and maintenance processes and examines possible ways to improve the communication and collaboration therein. Additionally, the book examines new artificial intelligence technologies, such as neural networks, machine learning, and handwriting optical recognition, and how they interact with digital archives.
transcript Verlag, Bielefeld University Press
Unsettling Archival Research is a collection of articles examining the way archives are currently created, curated, and maintained and how these methods might be improved. Unsettling Archival Research highlights how current archival methods overlook or outright ignore multiple individual and community accounts of history, due to either the creators or the means of record creation. This collection details different ways of looking at archives, new methods of creation and curation of archives in order to preserve the memories of underrepresented communities, and alternative methods of teaching which allow for open and critical thought on the methods of archival creation and curation. The articles highlight the tendency for archives to follow history in being selective in the truths the curators choose to share and reasons why this should stop. The contributors look at the historical treatment of the archive towards black communities, queer communities, women, incarcerated individuals, and more in this engaging and enlightening new take on the archive.
Kirsch, Gesa E.; García, Romeo; Allen, Caitlin Burns; Smith, Walker P.
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.9669312 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669312
Digital Archives and Collections: Creating Online Access to Cultural Heritage
Digital Archives and Collections: Creating Online Access to Cultural Heritage by Katja Müller examines how museums and archives create and curate their online presence. It explores how archivists in India and Europe decide how to create their digital archives, what platforms to use, what records and collections to include, what methods to use in curating and maintaining these archives, and how to share these digital archives with the greater online public. The book is based on anthropological fieldwork and follows certain digital archives as they tackle technical advancements and postcolonial initiatives, examine programming alternatives, handle editing content, and deal with the active use of the digital archives themselves. It also looks at community archives and archives that have been digital since they were created and how these archives interact with the greater archival world. Digital Archives and Collections: Creating Online Access to Cultural Heritage provides a look at modern digital archives and the methods and reasons behind building these archives.
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv29sfzfx https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv29sfzfx
Archives in Appalachia: A Directory is a book accessible through the University of Central Florida library’s Primo search. The book is composed of entries cataloging and describing the 181 repositories available throughout 195 counties. These counties are confined to the South-Central Appalachia region. Appalachia is a historically and culturally rich area and contains a great deal of information to be archived and preserved. This directory is a step in the process of organizing and preserving the political, social, cultural, and economic history of Appalachia. In the table of contents, there is also a section on “Coming Attractions,” which lists agencies that did not collect material but aim to do so in the future. The directory also provides indexes that are sorted by subject matter and material type; this was done so to help researchers narrow down information on time. As established earlier, this directory covers a wide range of valuable information in many fields of work. This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
From Handwriting to Footprinting: Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis
The climate crisis has altered many facets of life and has not neglected digital archiving. In her book, From Handwriting to Footprinting Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis, Anne Baillot calls attention to the digital practices of preservation that have been contributing to global warming. Baillot asks the reader if our digital archiving practices are sustainable, and if not, are they worth watching the world crumble? Many methods are harmful to the environment, but are necessary, in accessing important information. Baillot examines these methods and their Western heritage, calling to the stand historical archive practices and their wastefulness. Not only does Baillot argue against these practices, but she also proposes new ones through her research. Our heritage is important and must be preserved, but not at the cost of the planet. “From Handwriting to Footprinting illuminates the impact that digitization has had on the dissemination and preservation of textual heritage and reflects on what its future may hold.” Baillot believes that digital archiving is not evil but needs to be reevaluated and developed more mindfully. This book will be beneficial to those in the archival field, but also to those working on linguistics coming from the philological perspective.
Archaeological Digital Archiving in Turkey
The article, “Archaeological Digital Archiving in Turkey,” provides an in-depth look behind the curtain of the digital archiving scene across the globe. Found through the University of Central Florida Library, this article is available online at no cost for UCF students. The article details the process of moving data from the excavation site into the archives. Beginning with fieldwork, the information is then transferred to existing repositories that serve as informational hubs. The landscape of archeological digital archiving is a loose and eclectic one. Turkey provides a good example of a decisive and well-oiled system. By providing an overview of the legal framework and organization of the archiving systems, this article could be useful to both archivists and archeologists. There are also helpful demonstrations of how important collaboration across career fields is. To borrow from the summary by the creators themselves, “we also conclude that the future promises progress towards more interoperable archaeological digital archives thanks to international training, network and knowledge transfer opportunities.”
Atalan Çayırezmez, Nurdan; Hacıgüzeller, Piraye; Kalayci, Tuna
Declutter Your Photo Life: Curating, Preserving, Organizing, and Sharing Your Photos
This book is a comprehensive guide that addresses the modern-day challenge of creating, managing, and cherishing extensive photo collections. Spanning from vintage film prints to contemporary smartphone snapshots, photographs embody profound sentimental value, yet their disarray can be a source of frustration for many individuals. Adam Pratt, an esteemed and seasoned expert on photo organization, offers a systematic approach to reclaiming command over this chaos that afflicts many. Through a meticulously outlined workflow, enriched by robust software such as Adobe Lightroom Classic, Pratt empowers photographers of all skill levels to effectively organize, preserve, and share their memories. Pratt’s method includes ​​gathering, preserving, organizing, sharing, and maintaining photos. Whether one is a seasoned professional, an amateur enthusiast, or a dedicated family historian, this resource and Pratt’s method offers practical strategies to transform disorder into organization. This ensures that both current and forthcoming generations can bask in the warmth of cherished moments preserved for posterity.
Secrets from the Stacks: An archivist reveals how to store, digitize, and preserve documents to create a family archive and leave a personal legacy
Secrets from the Stacks authored by expert archivist Rhonda Chadwick delves into the significance of preserving family legacies in the digital era, stressing the importance of leveraging modern technology to safeguard cherished memories and narratives for future generations. Through practical guidance and heartfelt insight, Chadwick offers comprehensive instructions on archival best practices, covering everything from organizing collections to digitizing diverse media formats. She addresses the challenges of preserving various materials, including photographs, textiles, and digital assets. At the same time, the author provides strategies to mitigate risks such as natural disasters and theft. With engaging anecdotes and profound insights, readers glean the expertise needed to create memory books, oral histories, and multimedia presentations, ensuring the endurance of family stories across time. “Secrets from the Stacks” underscores the enduring value of recording and preserving family history, presenting it as a timeless gift that fosters not only intergenerational connections but also deeper self-understanding.
Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom