Archives & Special Libraries

Disputed Archival Heritage brings important new perspectives into the discourse on displaced archives. In contrast to shared or joint heritage framings, the book considers the implications of force, violence and loss in the displacement of archival...

This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future. Firmly rooted in current professional debate and scholarship, Archival Futures offers thought...

Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions will show you how to create digital exhibits and experiences for your users that will be informative, accessible and engaging.Illustrated with real-world examples of digital exhibits from a range of...

The image of the dusty, undisturbed archive has been swept away in response to growing interest across disciplines in the materials they house and the desire to find and make meaning through an engagement with those materials. Archival studies scholars...

Throughout this volume, the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship is addressed from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. A collection of chapters concentrate on a number of questions: Do the...

Assessment and outcomes evaluation have become increasingly important in librarianship. Although initially used in educational contexts to measure student learning, the strategy has migrated to other contexts such as hiring, employee development, overall...

Foreword by Alan S. Inouye; Afterword by Nancy Kranich This important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues that impact information professionals, information institutions, and the users and communities...

This edited collection provides a cutting edge overview of issues of key concern for information professionals providing information services in corporate environments. Corporate information professionals serving the workplace rather than learning...

Drawing on historical texts, this all-encompassing, accessible volume provides a comprehensive understanding of preservation for librarians, archivists, and museum specialists. By grounding key readings in context, Michele V. Cloonan offers students and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789463729642Author Jane BirkinFormat HardbackImprint Amsterdam University PressPublisher Amsterdam University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Crowdsourcing, or asking the general public to help contribute to shared goals, is increasingly popular in memory institutions as a tool for digitising or computing vast amounts of data. This book brings together for the first time the collected wisdom...

This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive. Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and...

Drawing on the expertise of leading researchers from around the globe, this pioneering collection of essays explores how geospatial technologies are revolutionizing the discipline of literary studies. The book offers the first intensive examination of...

Actively diversifying the content to increase its relevance to an international audience, this practical handbook provides a one-stop-shop with accompanying time-saving templates that can be easily adapted to help aid the daily activities and processes...

This book explains how designing, playing and modifying computer games, and understanding the theory behind them, can strengthen the area of digital humanities. This book aims to help digital humanities scholars understand both the issues and also...

This book showcases innovations in digital humanities (DH) across efforts in India. It examines DH projects that have spanned private and public efforts institutionally sanctioned lab-work and crowd-sourced programmes of public significance and show how...

Achieving Global Open Access explores some of the key conditions that are necessary to deliver global Open Access (OA) that is effective and equitable.Often assumed to be a self-evident good, OA has been subject to growing criticism for perpetuating...

This book updates the study of how digital/social media technologies are driving new behaviors around the use of knowledge networks and collaboration initiatives at for-profit and nonprofit organizations. It also offers specific models and best practices...

Information professionals work in dynamically changing environments with a diverse range of patrons, which can sometimes present stressful situations. This book seeks to aid staff in information and geritage organisation in steering through challenges by...

Six Steps to a Long-Range Preservation Plan presents a straight-forward methodology for drafting a preservation plan in six easy-to-follow steps. This nuts-and-bolts approach prioritizes needs based on urgency and feasibility to insure that the best use...

Six Steps to a Long-Range Preservation Plan presents a straight-forward methodology for drafting a preservation plan in six easy-to-follow steps. This nuts-and-bolts approach prioritizes needs based on urgency and feasibility to insure that the best use...

Documentation from Truth and Reconciliation Commissions highlights the need for post-conflict societies to have access to - and to use – Truth Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs’) documentation to achieve reconciliation and to work towards a democratic...

This book showcases innovations in digital humanities (DH) across efforts in India. It examines DH projects that have spanned private and public efforts institutionally sanctioned lab-work and crowd-sourced programmes of public significance and show how...