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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827983003321

Autore

Cox Richard J

Titolo

Archival anxiety and the vocational calling / / Richard J. Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, Minn. : , : Litwin Books, , 2011

ISBN

1-936117-53-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 pages)

Disciplina

027

Soggetti

Archives - Social aspects

Archives - Study and teaching (Higher)

Archives - Moral and ethical aspects

Archivists - Training of

Archivists - Professional ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The archival calling -- Public memory meets archival memory : the interpretation of Williamsburg's Secretary's office -- Public and private history in Colonial Williamsburg : a memoir of a half-century and a view to a calling -- Empty temples : challenges for modern government archives and records management -- Secrecy, archives, and the archivist -- The National Archives reclassification scandal -- Archival ethics : the truth of the matter -- The archives & archivists listserv controversy -- The Anthony Clark case, SAA, and professional ethics -- Revisiting the archival finding aid -- Teaching unpleasant things -- Arguing about appraisal in the age of forgetfulness.