The Silence of the Archive

Table des matières

Introduction to the Series –Geoffrey Yeo About the authors Foreword–Anne J. Gilliland Introduction–David Thomas1. Enforced silences–Simon Fowler2. Inappropriate expectations–Simon Fowler3. The digital–David Thomas4. Dealing with the silence–Valerie Johnson5. Imagining archives–David Thomas6. Solutions to the silence–Valerie Johnson7. Are things getting better or worse?–David Thomas Index

A propos de l'auteur

David Thomas is a Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria. Previously, he worked at the National Archives where he was Director of Technology and was responsible for digital preservation and for providing access to digital material.

Résumé

This new book will provide a ground breaking discussion of a major but little considered issue - the silence of the archive: why archives, sometimes seen as the repositories of truth, often fail to satisfy users because they do not contain information which they expect to find.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Simon Fowler, Valerie Johnson, Johnson Valerie, David Thomas
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 11.05.2017
• EAN: 9781783301560
• ISBN: 978-1-78330-156-0
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Poids: 191 g
• Thèmes: Principles and Practice in Records Management and Archives; Principles and Practice in Records Management and Archives
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Librairies, bibliothèques; ART / Museum Studies, Archiving, preservation & digitisation, Library, archive and information management, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Library, Archive & Information Management, Archiving, preservation and digitization