Understanding archives & manuscripts, James M. O'Toole & Richard J. Cox
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Understanding archives & manuscripts, James M. O'Toole & Richard J. Cox
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-228) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Understanding archives & manuscripts
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handbooksbibliography
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70054151
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James M. O'Toole & Richard J. Cox
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Archival fundamentals series. II
Table Of Contents
Recording, keeping, and using information -- The oral world -- The rise and spread of literacy -- Reasons for recording information -- The impulse to save -- The impulse to destroy -- The technology of record making -- Characteristics of recorded information in the modern age -- The usefulness of archives -- The history of archives and the archives profession -- Old world antecedents -- American origins: the two traditions -- Emergence of the archival profession -- The crucial decade: the 1930s -- Diversification and development -- Consolidation of professional identity -- Current issues -- The archivist's perspective: knowledge and values -- Knowledge -- Values -- The archivist's task: responsibilities and duties -- Planning -- Saving and acquiring archival records -- Organizing archival records -- Making archival records available -- Archivists and the challenges of new worlds -- Postmodernism -- Internet time -- Ethics and security -- Symbolism and technology -- Advocacy and the archival mission -- Recordkeeping in the digital era -- Professionalism
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