(2021). Defining a discipline: archival research and practice in the twenty-first century; essays in honor of Richard J Cox. Archives and Records. Ahead of Print.

(2020). Archiving popular culture: editors’ introduction. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 209-214.

ABSTRACT This essay explores the paradox of inaccessibility in popular archives. Often understood as democratizing, even digital databases of popular literature ironically contain a series of barriers: an extraordinary paywall and frequent image-quality issues that render some texts illegible. Popularity relies on access. What happens to popular literature when its access is constricted? As we recognize

ABSTRACT Popular culture collecting in academic special collections and archives is sometimes still viewed within the institution as a challenge to traditional collection development, which has tended to emphasize the mainstream and enshrine privilege and power. This is especially the case when the cultures and media emphasized in such collecting might be categorized as being counter-cultural, DIY

(2020). Notice of new publications received April to August 2020. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 338-338.

ABSTRACT This article explores the intersection of public history and archives, with particular reference to the practice of promoting broad participation in interpreting the historical past. Key concepts in public history such as democratising history, power dynamics, authenticity and the role of audiences in history-making are examined in dialogue with analogous archival concepts and activities.

(2020). What is heritage? by Dr Rodney Harrison. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 330-332.

This book, a new reader on the topic of community archives and community archiving, is the logical successor to the 2009 title edited by Jeannette Bastian and Ben Alexander. This time, Bastian is j...

(2020). Partners for preservation: advancing digital preservation through cross-community collaboration. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 323-325.

(2020). Encyclopedia of archival writers 1515-2015: writing history through biography. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 299-305.

(2020). Looking at, describing and identifying objects. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 326-332.

ABSTRACT This paper applies the methodological premise of the ‘social life of things’ to give insight into the context and movements of a collection of records found at the Norwegian National Archive, that contribute to the documentation of the Armenian Genocide. A study of the life of this collection tells the story of Norwegian missionaries in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, their witnessing of the Genocide

(2020). Management basics for information professionals. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 319-322.

(2020). Digital scholarship at the Library of Congress: user demand, current practices and options for expanded services. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 328-330.

ABSTRACT Spain’s national historic archives are entrusted with the custody of documents that shed light on historic events and periods of worldwide interest. Further to the country’s Transparency Act (2013) and given such archives’ importance as national scale public cultural institutions, their economic and financial information is pertinent and should be accessible to citizens. This study reviewed

ABSTRACT In South Africa, public archives repositories are operating with limited resources and under strenuous circumstances due to low profiles in the public arena. Advocacy as a tool to raise the archival profile in South Africa for the purpose of lobbying support has not been adequately explored by archivists and civil society in the country. The purpose of this study is to examine the archival

(2020). Do archives have value? Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 312-314.

(2020). The cartulary and charters of the priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Ipswich, part II: the charters. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 309-310.

(2020). Margery Rowe (1933-2020) Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 336-337.

(2020). William Birchynshaw’s map of Exeter, 1743. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 306-325.

(2020). Reading early handwriting 1500 – 1700. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 317-319.

(2020). Amanda Jane Elizabeth Arrowsmith (1947–2020) Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 333-335.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper was to analyse the issues surrounding recent declarations of opening of some documentary collections related to human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Mexico (M68 and CISEN), sheltered by Mexico’s General Archive of the Nation (AGN, by its Spanish acronym). The paper focuses on two modalities of epistemic injustices: testimonial injustices and hermeneutical

(2020). Archival returns: Central Australia and beyond. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 314-317.

(2020). Delivering impact with digital resources: planning strategy in the attention economy. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 310-312.

(2020). The building accounts of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1517-18. Archives and Records: Vol. 41, Archiving Popular Culture, pp. 308-309.

ABSTRACT One area of increasing interest in contemporary art is the reconsideration and reinterpretation of archives to convey historical knowledge based on memory through exhibitions, organized by institutions. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of how and why contemporary art institutions use archives in their exhibition practices. Six art institutions, which are members

ABSTRACT The Special Collections and Archives Department (SpecColl) was established in the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick (UL) in 1998. It is passionate about embedding its broad range of holdings in the university curriculum. Over the past twenty years, SpecColl has implemented an educational programme, building a network of longstanding academic contacts within the university, offering

ABSTRACT This paper reports on an undergraduate project, Making:Archives — Narrative Artefact, as an exemplar of collaborative good practice, expanding on its case study in the National Archives and History UK’s Guide to Collaboration for Archive and Higher Education. The paper examines the expected and unexpected impacts of the Making:Archives collaborative project for the stakeholders involved: the

ABSTRACT Through working with the Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching (SALT) the Richard Burton Archives has become more consciously engaged with pedagogical practice, building upon its experience of providing ad-hoc sessions for students. Based on an updated version of Chickering and Gamson’s principles, SALT developed the Seven Characteristics of Good University Teaching programme. The use of

Archival repositories are often, as a consequence of tradition, positioned in a supporting role to the function of libraries within higher education institutions. 1 As such, the relationship betwee...

good project organization with clearly defined goals; the need to avoid supporter fatigue; pros and cons of software and technology platforms used and of building your own; analysis and conclusions about working with volunteers; the need for good communication. The case studies provide examples and advice that are invaluable to those wanting to establish a crowdsourced project or participatory archive

Participatory archives: theory and practice is a fascinating and challenging read for archive practitioners. Moreover, it has the hallmarks of becoming a seminal textbook providing students with an...

When Felicity Strong stood down as Editor of the Journal of the Society of Archivists, already more than thirty years ago, a tribute was paid to her in the journal’s pages (JSA, VII no.1, April 198...

ABSTRACT This article considers the pedagogical practice of the Special Collections staff team at the University of Sussex and the impact of the group visit experience on student learning. It addresses our current group visit teaching offer to students at the University of Sussex and our move to a more student-led active learning approach. It considers the use of the ‘pedagogical toolkit’ including

ABSTRACT This article examines the paucity of pre-1947 Indian princely state records, especially those regarding their federalist advocacies from the 1920s through 1940s, in the various provincial archives in postcolonial India. Why is it that archives in Delhi and London have the majority of records pertaining to the federalist advocacies of the princely states, rather than the archives in provincial

This is a unique take on the theatre archive and provides mental nourishment for anyone working with such collections. Overall there is a good level of detail about the methods used in and outcomes of digitisation and research projects. An extra essay on the use of archives to produce performances would have balanced out the concluding section of the book with the other parts. This book will be of

repetition, and occasionally the dense vocabulary obscures the point that is being made. Although there are some key case studies mentioned (Andersen, Snowden and NSA Surveillance), and these would be potentially well known to an international audience, it could also be argued that these are high profile cases, and whilst they support Mooradian’s argument, further case studies/scenarios could have

Records, Sir George W. Forrest, whom Bhattacharya highlights. Recently, archival historians have explored the history of the London-based India Office records. To his credit, Bhattacharya incorporates the India Office records into his narrative, aswell as the archival history of the ‘Indian states,’ and mention of the Peshwa Daftar, or Pune archives (124, 172–177). One wonders, however, whether the

archival collections from defunct institutions or organisations, or from companies and individuals who have not given much thought to their archival legacy during their active years. There are also some minor typographical errors. Overall, however, this is a very useful and wide-ranging guide for archivists and archival repositories about to begin, or in the first stages of a digital preservation programme

of scholarly potential. Without a background in this discipline, it is difficult to say whether or not he fully achieved this aim, but as a general reader I was left a little bewildered by his treatment of historical documents — such as urban plans — as literary texts: something they absolutely are not. This, in my view, misguided treatment leads the author to compare imagined security patrols in proposed

modern workplace, such as the impact of new technology, and includes the implications of these developments. The book introduces the WIE model and provides an overview of its potential use within future research. The concluding chapter explains how research into information in the workplace has often focused on a specific perspective, profession or single IUE. Information at Work emphasizes the need

ABSTRACT Collaboration has risen up the agenda for archives and universities in recent years, yet there is unrealized potential for co-productive modes of research between archivists and academics, with business collections facing particular obstacles. This article, co-written by an archivist and a historian, presents the findings of a project that aims to support business archivists to develop co-designed

ABSTRACT This paper aimed to review the potential for archival items to be used to support therapeutic interventions in dementia care, with a particular focus on olfactory stimuli. Archival research was used to identify objects and to re-create authentic historical product fragrances from Boots UK. Potentially therapeutic material and smells for people living with dementia were identified and olfactory

Brian Smith, former County Archivist of Gloucestershire, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, and Chairman of the Society of Archivists, died on 3 November 2018, aged 86. He contributed significantly to the archives profession and will be much missed. Brian was born on 15 May 1932 in Leeds. At the outbreak of war he was sent to boarding school in Malvern, which led to a lifetime’s

be found on a technical drawing. It is a key interpretive feature, especially for correctly dating a drawing that might have undergone many changes over many years since the date it was first signed off. Of equal importance is the material of a drawing’s carrier, and the drawing’s method of production or reproduction upon it. The guidance rightly notes that this information can inform conservation

States, and throughout the book the author makes intermittent use of non-American sources, thus introducing occasional international overtones of a kind not usually found in American records management literature. The book may have its imperfections, but it stands well ahead of its American competitors. Many of its readers may consider it the most useful textbook on records management (or, if they

(https://idnaproject.org/, accessed 28/3/2019) which document some of the journeys made by students who contributed to the directory. The directory main text is arranged alphabetically by the name of the country, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Each country has a single entry for the national archives institution which is consistently arranged, giving basic details such as date of establishment, address

or how to enable people to use PDA to create their legacies in the digital world. By using the widely reported killings of African-Americans Travon Martin and Michael Brown to illustrate how social media was used to portray representations of the deceased that counter mainstream media coverage, Angela Galvan explores a theme covered in the previous chapter about under-represented communities finding

metadata schemas provide a useful overview. The discussion of the roles of taxonomies and folksonomies for the management of different resource types, including social media, will benefit any information professional trying to understand the requirements for individual metadata elements. Issues surrounding the management of ‘big data’ and the management of research data are also given significant coverage

policy case study. Chapter 7 continues with some helpful advice on designing workflows and plans in line with your digital preservation policy, in particular not to over-complicate them. They recommend making these workflows modular and not linked to any particular software tool, but rather with an eye towards a More Product, Less Process approach which argues for minimal processing in order to get

the IRP and those who served in it. This includes a complete list of IRP stations and Revenue Police Parties and their geographical distribution. There is also a list of every man who served in the IRP from 1830 to 1857. The list includes surname, forename and year of enlistment. It also lists those who on disbandment of the IRP in 1857 transferred to either the RIC, the DMP, the Londonderry Borough

ABSTRACT Many archives provide reminiscence-based services for people with dementia. Considering that there are currently 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, a figure which is expected to rise to over 1 million by 2020, makes these services extremely significant because of the impact they can have on an individual with dementia. Through exploring and answering the questions: what is the

ABSTRACT This paper presents a summary of the formation of a steering group to devise and advocate for a common approach to conservation for the portable cultural heritage of Wales. The steering group set out to produce a bilingual document which contained an overarching statement of purpose to express the importance of conservation and preservation in Wales. To support the statement of purpose a set

discuss the contents of the book and Ketelaar concludes that the book is an example of the way that archival theory is responding and adapting to socio-political and technological changes. Floridi’s interview is crucial to the project of the editors, to bring information philosophy and archival science more closely into dialogue. Floridi engages with questions about the nature of records and memory

ments including maps, house books, and tenure books amongst others. There are also a number of important appendixes at the end, one of which (Appendix I) explains how the public can order the various valuation records at NAI. A useful chronology is also included in Appendix B. In addition to the sources held by NAI, McGee makes reference to reports from the select committees on valuation including

doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2009.09.006. Cohen, S., R. Knifton, M. Leonard, and L. Roberts, eds. Sites of Popular Music Heritage: Memories, Histories, Places. London: Routledge, 2015. De Kosnik, A. Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom, 2. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. The Mayor of London’s Music Venues Taskforce. London Grassroots Venues Rescue Plan: A Report. London: Greater London

ABSTRACT The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is located in South Africa and is the largest sound archive of African music on the continent. This article examines a project involving the digital return and revitalization of Zimbabwean mbira (The mbira (or thumb piano) is an instrument classified as lamellophone in the categorization of instruments (organology). The lamellophones belong

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to report on a collaborative project that investigated the value and use of the contents of estate archives. Context is provided by outlining the type of information often found within estate records, its potential value to a wide range of users, indicating some of the initiatives which have helped to open up estate archives, before exploring some of the difficulties

Estate archives form an important part of the archival landscape, providing a significant focus for collection development and research initiatives. This special edition of Archives and Records focuses on the current and potential impacts of these collections; including estate archives deposited in public repositories and ‘private’ archives held in the historic house sector or utilized as active business