Archival anxiety and the vocational calling /
Cox, Richard J.,author.
The collection of essays responds to anxieties affecting the archival profession as societal changes highlight the importance of archives and records-keeping and begin to push archival work in new directions. From publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-344) and index.
The archival calling -- Public memory meets archival memory : the interpretation of Williamsburg's Secretary's office -- Public and private history in Colonial Williamsburg : a memoir of a half-century and a view to a calling -- Empty temples : challenges for modern government archives and records management -- Secrecy, archives, and the archivist -- The National Archives reclassification scandal -- Archival ethics : the truth of the matter -- The archives & archivists listserv controversy -- The Anthony Clark case, SAA, and professional ethics -- Revisiting the archival finding aid -- Teaching unpleasant things -- Arguing about appraisal in the age of forgetfulness.
The collection of essays responds to anxieties affecting the archival profession as societal changes highlight the importance of archives and records-keeping and begin to push archival work in new directions. From publisher description.
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