Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries) - Softcover

Gregory S. Hunter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555704670 ISBN 13: 9781555704674

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2003

Synopsis

Library Journal and other review journals raved about the first edition of this now-standard guide. This new edition has been completely updated ad expanded to include crucial new information on digital records, encoded arcival description (EAD), copyright issues, post-9/11 security concerns, international perspectives on tuse issues--content that makes this manual essential for archivists of all backgrounds. Setting up archives, appraisal and accessioning, acquisition strategies and policies, arrangement description, reference and access, preservation, and electronic records are just some of the topics covered in both theory and practice in this clear, comprehensive, ad practial guide.

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About the Author

Hunter, is an associate professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from New York University and previously worked as Manager of Corporate Records for ITT Corporation World Headquarters and Director of Archival Programs for the United Negro College Fund. He is both a Certified Records Manager and a Certified Archivists. He is much sought after as an author, speaker, and consultant in the areas of archives, records management, digital preservation, electronic records, and organizational history.

From Library Journal

If you have to do archives, this is a very good book. Eminently practical and readable, it discusses everything from undertaking a records survey to issues involved in electronic archives. An extensive bibliography presents many articles by leaders in the archival profession. Extremely useful are charts that organize important information succinctly?for example, characteristics of records with intrinsic value and a convenient table providing cubic foot equivalents for physical items. Anecdotal vignettes such as Alex Haley at the National Archives and Stanford University's purchase of Allen Ginsberg's manuscripts and "old electric bills" make for lively reading, sharpening what Richard Cox once called "the cutting edge of a dull profession." Hunter, an associate professor at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, was the first president of the Academy of Certified Archivists and is a former chair of the Society of American Archivists' Committee on Education and Professional Development. Highly recommended for those just starting out and as a useful refresher for established archivists as well.?Barry Chad, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh
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Edition details

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1555704670
• ISBN 13: 9781555704674
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 457