Bibliograph

Better off forgetting?, essays on archives, public policy, and collective memory, edited by Cheryl Avery and Mona Holmlund

Type

Label

Better off forgetting?, essays on archives, public policy, and collective memory, edited by Cheryl Avery and Mona Holmlund

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Better off forgetting?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

612722266

Responsibility statement

edited by Cheryl Avery and Mona Holmlund

Sub title

essays on archives, public policy, and collective memory

Summary

Better Off Forgetting? offers a reappraisal of archives and a look at the challenges they face in a time when issues of freedom of information, privacy, technology, and digitization are increasingly important. The contributors argue that archives are essential to contemporary debates about public policy and make a case for more status, funding, and influence within public bureaucracies. While stimulating debate about our rapidly changing information environment, Better Off Forgetting? focuses on the continuing role of archives in gathering and preserving our collective memory."--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Pennies from Heaven: The History of Public Funding for Canadian Archives / Marion Beyea -- Lady Sings the Blues: The Public Funding of Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Canada / Shelley Sweeney -- Access-to-Information Legislation: A Critical Analysis / Jo-Ann Munn Gafuik -- Privacy: A Look at the Disenfranchized / Doug Surtees -- The Laurier Promise: Securing Public Access to Historic Census Materials in Canada / Terry Cook and Bill Waiser -- Search vs. Research: Full-Text Repositories, Granularity, and the Concept of 'Source' in the Digital Environment / Robert Cole and Chris Hackett -- Preserving Digital History: Costs and Consequences / Yvette Hackett -- Archives, Democratic Accountability, and Truth / Terry Eastwood -- Archivists and Public Affairs: Towards a New Archival Public Programming / Tom Nesmith -- Reconciliation in Regions Affected by Armed Conflict: The Role of Archives / Tom Adami and Martha Hunt -- Bridging Us to Us: An Argument for the Importance of Archivists in Current Politics and Journalism / Robert Steiner

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