Digital Archives : management, access and use /
This landmark edited collection offers a wide-ranging overview of how rapid technological changes and the push for providing wide access to digitized cultural heritage holdings are changing the landscape of archives.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Facet Publishing,
2018
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| Series: | Facet books for archivists and records managers.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface Digital archives: management, use and access participatory approaches in archives; Recent developments; How to read this book; References; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; PART I Drivers for modern digital archives; 1 Digital humanities and documentary mediations in the digital age; Introduction; The rise of the digital humanities; The evolving relationship between historians and information professionals; Making visible documentary mediation; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 Managing turbulence
- IntroductionHiring as an example of digital process; Where we work: the impact of digital systems; The nature of the archival workforce; The characteristics of archival leaders; References; 3 The political economy of digital cultural preservation; Introduction; The political economy of the future's past; Summary
- a regime complex of digital knowledge intermediaries; Notes; References; 4 Legal issues surrounding digital archiving; Background; Copyright; Privacy; Conclusion; References; 5 Scientific information policies in the European context; Introduction and background
- Research and development at the core of a pan-European economic strategyResearch and scientific information: historical background; The Commission's policies on scientific information since 2006; EU policies for knowledge sharing; Research infrastructures; EU policies for knowledge transfer; Concluding remarks; References; 6 Access to digital archives: studying users' expectations and behaviours; Users, archivists and their interaction; Users follow different strategies; Archival descriptions meeting the users; The need for a paradigm shift in digital archives; Ask the archival users
- ConclusionReferences; PART II Case studies; 7 Research data archives: current data management and data audit practices; Introduction; Definitions and current trends; Challenges and opportunities; Data audit practices; Summary; Bibliography; 8 Access restrictions; Introduction; Access
- of lesser importance to archivists?; Legal considerations; Organisational and donor considerations; Challenges to traditional access views; Cultural considerations; Conclusion; References; 9 Citizen science: two case studies in oral history research; Introduction; Participatory approaches in archives
- Discussion and conclusionsReferences; Index; Afterword
