Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions - Softcover

 
9781913002008: Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1913002004 ISBN 13: 9781913002008
Publisher: Senate House Library, 2018

Synopsis

Available as free PDF download at http://humanities-digital-library.org/index.php/hdl/catalog/book/radical_collections Do archivists ‘curate’ history? And to what extent are our librarians the gatekeepers of knowledge? Libraries and archives have a long and rich history of compiling ‘radical collections’- from Klanwatch Project in the States to the R. D. Laing Archive in Glasgow- but a re-examination of the information professions and all aspects of managing those collections is long overdue. This book is the result of a critical conference held at Senate House Library in 2017. The conference provided a space to debate the issues and ethics of collection development, management and promotion. This book brings together some key papers from those proceedings. It shines a light on pressing topical issues within library and information services (LIS)- to encompass selection, appraisal and accession, through to organisation and classification, and including promotion and use. Will libraries survive as victims of neoliberal marketization? Do we have a responsibility to collect and document ‘white hate’ in the era of Trump? And how can a predominantly white (96.7%) LIS workforce effectively collect and tell POC histories?

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About the Author

Richard Espley is Head of Modern Collections at Senate House Library, University of London.

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Publisher
Senate House Library
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1913002004
ISBN 13 
9781913002008
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
90
Editor
Landes Jordan, Espley Richard