Personal archives and a new archival calling : readings, reflections and ruminations /

Cox, Richard J.

Personal archives and a new archival calling : readings, reflections and ruminations / by Richard J. Cox. - Duluth, Minn. : Litwin Books, 2008. - 1 online resource (xviii, 418 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) endnotes (p. 355-404) and index.

Posting notes and, then, saving them -- The romance of the document -- Information documents: how people and organizations acquire information -- A "therapeutic function": personal recordkeeping -- Human impulses and personal archives -- Traces of ourselves: more thoughts on personal recordkeeping and the roles of archivists -- Electronic mail and personal recordkeeping -- The web of records: the World Wide Web, the records professions, and personal archiving.

"Examines issues affecting the future of personal and family archives, from the point of view of archival science"--Provided by publisher

9781936117345 (electronic bk.) 1936117347 (electronic bk.)


Personal archives--Management.
Family archives--Management.
Records--Management.
Electronic records--Management.
Archives--Philosophy.
Archives--Social aspects.
Archives personnelles--Gestion.
Archives familiales--Gestion.
Archives électroniques--Gestion.
Archives--Philosophie.
Archives--Aspect social.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--Administration & Management.
Electronic records--Management.
Records--Management.
Privatarchiv
Archivkunde
Familienarchiv
Particuliere archieven.
Familiearchieven.
Archiefbeheer.


Electronic books.

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