Archives : recordkeeping in society
/ Sue McKemmish
- Charles Sturt University : Centre for Information Studies, 2005.
- vi, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Topics in Australasian library and information studies .
Includes index.
Traces: document, record, archive, archives / Sue McKemmish Archival institutions / Adrian Cunningham Professing archives: a very human enterprise / Ann Pederson Documents / Robert Hartland, Sue McKemmish and Frank Upward Records / Barbara Reed The archive / Hans Hofman The archives / Sue McKemmish, Barbara Reed and Michael Piggott The records continuum / Frank Upward Recordkeeping and accountability / Chris Hurley Recordkeeping and juridical governance / Livia Iacovino Recordkeeping and societal power / Eric Ketelaar Archives and memory / Michael Piggott
"This book introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It explores the role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information: new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is the relationship between evidence and memory in archives and in archival discourse. It also explores recordkeeping and accountability, memory, societal power and juridical power, along with an examination of issues raised by globalisation and interntionalisation."--Publisher's description