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Module 16
Accessioning Digital Archives
Erin Faulder
Society of American Archivists, 2016
Presents digital preservation best practices and standards for developing policies, procedures, and infrastructure to accession born-digital materials.
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Advancing Preservation for Archives and Manuscripts
Elizabeth Joffrion
Society of American Archivists, 2020

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Advocacy and Awareness for Archivists
Kathleen D. Roe
Society of American Archivists, 2019
Book 3 in the Archival Fundamentals Series III
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All Shook Up
The Archival Legacy of Terry Cook
Tom Nesmith
Society of American Archivists, 2020

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American Archival Studies
Readings in Theory and Practice
Randall C. Jimerson
Society of American Archivists, 2000
Twenty-eight essays represent significant recent American writings on archives and the role of archivists in modern society. These articles provide important perspectives both on basic elements of archival practice and on fundamental principles in archival theory and methodology.
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Appraisal and Acquisition Strategies
Christopher Prom
Society of American Archivists, 2016
Appraisal and Acquisition Strategies is another installment in the series Trends in Archives Practice and consists of the following three modules: Module 14: Appraising Digital Records by Geof Huth; Module 15: Collecting Digital Manuscripts and Archives by Megan Barnard and Gabriela Redwine; and Module 16: Accessioning Digital Archives by Erin Faulder. As Michael Shallcross of the Bentley Historical Library notes in the introduction, "an essential point in each module is the continuity of practice between the acquisition of traditional materials and digital content. The differences lie in the skills, knowledge, and tools required to identify potential preservation and access issues." These modules cover that and more.
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Architectural Records
Managing Design and Construction Records
Waverly B. Lowell
Society of American Archivists, 2006
Architecture and design records are exciting resources for historical research and vital for documenting and maintaining the built environment. Yet their temporal nature often makes them difficult to preserve, and managing collections of these records can be a challenge. In addition to addressing preservation issues, this resource helps archivists, curators, librarians, and researchers understand how to assess the value of architectural records. The highly illustrated book covers a brief history of Western architectural practice; description of the creation of design records; explanations of the various types of project records; recommendations on best practices for appraisal, arrangement, and description, information about preservation, administration, and research use; and identification of common visual media and supports used to create architectural records.
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Archival Accessioning
Audra Eagle Yun
Society of American Archivists, 2021
An archival accessioning program is the keystone of responsible collection stewardship and essential to providing both equitable access and meaningful contextualization of archives. In Archival Accessioning, editor Audra Eagle Yun approaches the acquisition of materials as a holistically oriented, programmatic activity that establishes and maintains baseline control for archival holdings. Combining principles, best practice, and real-world examples from eleven archival practitioners, Archival Accessioning is a forward-thinking guide that archivists can apply in a variety of institutional settings. Those working with archives, special collections, and local history materials will learn how to • Identity core components of archival accessioning and critically analyze such work, • Establish a thoughtful and successful program for taking intellectual and physical custody of materials, and • Adapt firsthand professional perspectives to improve or modify existing practices. This book’s set of principles, applied procedures, and variety of examples will benefit archivists, records managers, and librarians as well as information science students at all levels.
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Archival and Special Collections Facilities
Guidelines
Michele Pacifico
Society of American Archivists, 2009
Archival facilities are a critical element in preserving and making accessible our nation’s cultural heritage. This SAA-approved standard provides guidance on site evaluation, construction, environmental systems, fire protection, security, lighting, materials and finishes, equipment, and the functional spaces for an archival facility that meets the needs of staff and researchers and ensures the preservation of collections. It is required reading for archivists, librarians, and the building professions planning a new or remodeled archival facility. Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and Engineers were officially adopted as a standard by the Council of the Society of American Archivists in February 2009, following review by the SAA Standards Committee and the general archival community.
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Archival Arrangement and Description
Christopher J. Prom
Society of American Archivists, 2013
Trends in Archives Practice by the Society of American Archivists is a new, open-ended series of modules featuring brief, authoritative treatments — written and edited by top-level professionals — that fill significant gaps in archival literature. The goal of this modular approach is to build agile, user-centered resources. Each module will treat a discrete topic relating to the practical management of archives and manuscript collections in the digital age. The first three modules address archival arrangement and description and are designed to complement Kathleen D. Roe's book, ARRANGING AND DESCRIBING ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS. They include: MODULE 1 STANDARDS FOR ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION Sibyl Schaefer and Janet M. Bunde Untangles the history of standards development and provides an overview of descriptive standards that an archives might wish to use. MODULE 2 PROCESSING DIGITAL RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS J. Gordon Daines III Builds on familiar terminology and models to show how any repository can take practical steps to process born-digital materials and to make them accessible to users. MODULE 3 DESIGNING DESCRIPTIVE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS Daniel A. Santamaria Implementation advice regarding the wide range of tools and software that support specific needs in arranging, describing, and providing access to analog and digital archival materials.
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Archival Internships
A Guide for Faculty, Supervisors, and Students
Jeannette A. Bastian
Society of American Archivists, 2008
Successful internships start here! Examine the world of archival internships from the perspectives of supervisors and sites offering internships, students preparing to take internships; and of faculty advisors facilitating internships. This book provides useful and practical guidelines for successful internships through discussions of pertinent issues, case studies illustrating problems and solutions, and an array of sample forms and procedures.
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Archival Values
Essays in Honor of Mark A. Greene
Christine Weideman
Society of American Archivists, 2019
As a practitioner, administrator, teacher, theorist, and leader, Mark A. Greene (1959–2017) was one of the most influential archivists of his generation on US archival theory and practice. He helped shape the modern American archivist identity through the establishment of a core set of values for the profession. In this exquisite collection of essays, twenty-three archivists from repositories across the profession examine the values that comprise the Core Values statement of the Society of American Archivists. For each value, several archivists comment on what the value means to them and how it reflects and impacts archival work. These essays clearly demonstrate how core values empower archivists’ interactions with resource providers, legislators, donors, patrons, and the public. For anyone who wishes to engage in thinking about what archivists do and why, Archival Values is essential reading.
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Archival Virtue
Relationship, Obligation, and the Just Archives
Scott Cline
Society of American Archivists, 2021
Archival literature is full of what we do and how we do it. In Archival Virtue, Scott Cline raises questions that grapple with the meaning of what we do and, perhaps more important, who we are. A book about archivists as individuals and as community, Archival Virtue explores ideas of moral commitment, truth, difference, and just behavior in the pursuit of archival ideals.
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Archives and Justice
Verne Harris
Society of American Archivists, 2007
ARCHIVES AND JUSTICE: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE is collection of Verne Harris's best writing during the first decade of South Africa's post-apartheid democracy. Harris is the project director of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg. While South Africa is his immediate context, Harris always engages wider geographical and conceptual worlds. The volume is organized into five sections. "Discourses" illuminates Harris's engagement with writings and discussions related to archives. "Narratives," the second section, "explores the stories that archivists tell in certain domains of professional work-appraisal, electronic recordmaking, and arrangement and description." The third and fourth sections, "Politics and Ethics" and "Pasts and Secrets," recount and reflect on events and issues with which Harris has wrestled as a South African archivist. The op-eds contained in the final section, "Actualities," provide evidence of Harris's "deliberate endeavors to bring awareness of archive to popular debates in South Africa." Drawing on the energies of Derridean deconstruction, Harris suggests an ethics, and a politics, expressed in the maxim "memory for justice." And he portrays the work of archives as a work of critical importance to the building of democracy.
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Archives in Libraries
Jeannette A. Bastian
Society of American Archivists, 2015
Many libraries have archives, which serve a distinct function, albeit in a shared setting. Reconciling differences between archivists and librarians has been a long-standing issue for the information professions in the United States. Today more than ever, librarians and archivists need to understand one another and harmonize their divergent but complementary professional paths. ARCHIVES IN LIBRARIES: WHAT LIBRARIANS AND ARCHIVISTS NEED TO KNOW TO WORK TOGETHER builds a bridge toward that harmonization, suggesting ways in which archivists working in libraries can better negotiate their relationships with the institution and with their library colleagues. It also helps librarians and library directors better understand archival work by providing overviews of archival concepts, policies, and best practices. Vignettes and interviews throughout the book articulate similarities and points of departure between libraries and archives while highlighting the issues and offering solutions to practical problems.
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Archives Power
Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice
Randall C. Jimerson
Society of American Archivists, 2009
Grounded in historical and social theory, this analysis of the power of archives and the role of archivists in society calls for renewed emphasis on remembrance, evidence, and documentation as a means of securing open government, accountability, diversity, and social justice, within an archival ethics of professional and societal responsibility.
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Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts
Dennis Meissner
Society of American Archivists, 2019
Book 2 in the Archival Fundamentals Series III
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Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts
Kathleen D. Roe
Society of American Archivists, 2005
Kathleen Roe's guide to arranging and describing archival materials provides both practical advice and critical context, creating an important resource for archivists in all walks of their professional lives. The arrangement and description of archival materials has so changed since Fredric M. Miller's 1990 edition of ARRANGING AND DESCRIBING ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS that it may nearly seem a new practice. Kathleen Roe's thorough and readable revision, however, shows that this critical function of archival work is truly one based on core principles that still hold today. Roe has intermingled the theory and context in which collections are arranged and described with clear and practical instructions on the process, resulting in a work that is richer than an instruction manual, yet equally valuable. The chapter on "The Context of Arrangement and Description" provides a clear discussion of the origins of the practice in Europe and the United States, and moves into an historical overview of developing standards that archivists of all levels will appreciate for its clarity. The lengthy chapter on "The Practice of Arrangement and Description" is complemented by appendices that offer sample scenarios, arrangement patterns, and finding aids. Together, these provide a sturdy foundation for students or novice archivists seeking to hone their processing skills. Just as the importance of arrangement and description to the archivist cannot be overstated, neither can the significance of this text in describing that process. Roe's work will introduce new archivists to the practice as well as refresh the sensibilities of seasoned professionals for years to come.
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Born-Digital Design Records
Samantha Winn
Society of American Archivists, 2022

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Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives
Anne J. Gilliland
Society of American Archivists, 2014
The digital age has spurred constant technological and sociocultural change. In Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives, author Anne J. Gilliland explores the shifts and divergences in archival discourse that technological developments have necessitated, facilitated, or inspired. Gilliland addresses the lessons the archival and recordkeeping fields can learn from their evolution about ideas tried and abandoned; which ideas are truly new, and which continue to hold good, regardless of technological shifts; and the ways in which archivists need to expand their thinking and practices to fulfill their global and local “glocal”—roles. By understanding how archival practices and thinking were challenged or how archivists responded at different points over the past century, the reader can begin to discern how and why ideas rise, fall, and resurge. The book traces the development of descriptive systems, the creation and management of computer-generated records, and the curation of digital materials. With each chapter, Gilliland addresses either the historical development or the current state of an area within archival science that information and communications technology have significantly affected to ultimately construct a picture of how archives arrived in the 21st century and to suggest where they might be going in the foreseeable future.
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Controlling the Past
Terry Cook
Society of American Archivists, 2011
In this compelling and wide-ranging volume, twenty leading archivists honor Helen Willa Samuels, retired institute archivist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by exploring the theme of documenting modern society and its institutions, and carefully considering the implications arising from the archivist's control over social memory. Editor Terry Cook's introductory essay places the significance of Samuels' ideas in the context of modern archival practice and traces her influence on North American archival thinking. Divided in two sections, the first nine essays explore the rich contexts in which the appraisal of potential archival sources takes place and focus on understanding and managing all documentation to select the small percentage that will survive in archives. Several chapters trace how the profession is being radically transformed in the digital age with topics such as making a case for electronic records management, documenting appraisal as a societal-archival process, and challenging stereotypes about corporate archives. The second section looks at both the documentation and who is doing the documenting. Seven essays explore the nature, influences, and ethics of archivists and their roles in appraising records, documenting society and its institutions, and describing records with digital tools. A pair of retrospective reflections round out the volume, including one from Samuels, who reflects on the origins of her work on appraisal. Just as archivists shape what society can know about itself through documentation, so, too, this book is bound to shape contemporary archival perspectives about the challenges and responsibilities of "controlling the past."
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Creating Family Archives
A Step-by-Step Guide to Saving Your Memories for Future Generations
Margot Note
Society of American Archivists, 2019
Not just a gift. It's history in the making. Family history is important. Photos, videos, aged documents, and cherished papers--these are the memories that you want to save. And they need a better home than a cardboard box. Creating Family Archives is a book written by an archivist for you, your family, and friends, taking you step-by-step through the process of arranging and preserving your own family archives. It’s the first book of its kind offered to the public by the Society of American Archivists. Gathering up the boxes of photos and years of video is a big job. But this fascinating and instructional book will make it easier and, in the end, much better.
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Defining a Discipline
Archival Research and Practice in the 21st Century: Essays in Honor of Richard J. Cox
Jeannette A. Bastian
Society of American Archivists, 2020
Fourteen archivists present a mosaic of the research that represents the current state of archival science and introduces themes that will carry the profession into the future as a complex academic discipline. As the archival profession in the United States continues to evolve, the book honors one of its most prolific and influential thinkers and writers, Richard J. Cox, who retired from the profession in 2017 after a 45-year career. The book addresses the archival themes of accountability and evidence, ethics and education, archival history, and memory. Defining a Discipline demonstrates the importance of the role of archivists, archives, and archival institutions in communities, organizations, and the digital environment. It looks forward—a direction that the pioneering Cox promoted throughout his career.
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Digital Preservation Essentials
Christopher Prom
Society of American Archivists, 2016
Digital Preservation Essentials is part of the series Trends in Archives Practice. It includes two modules by Erin O'Meara and Kate Stratton: Module 12: Preserving Digital Objects Explores concepts of digital preservation in the archival context, focusing on standards and metadata required to make digital objects accessible and understandable over time. Module 13: Digital Preservation Storage Provides an introduction to digital storage best practices for long-term preservation, including terminology, hardware, and configurations. As University of Illinois Preservation Librarian Kyle R. Rimkus notes in the introduction, "The successful archivist needs a grounding in the fundamental concepts of digital preservation, a command of its key terminology and practices, and an ability to build effective programs and practices. These modules provide an excellent point of entry."
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Engagement in the Digital Era
Christopher Prom
Society of American Archivists, 2020

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The Ethical Archivist
Elena S. Danielson
Society of American Archivists, 2010
Archivists deal with unique ethical challenges on a regular basis, and these complex conundrums are the focus of this compelling book by Elena Danielson. She illustrates how the daily decisions made by archivists connect to larger issues of social responsibility and the need to construct a balanced and accurate historic record. Danielson both analyzes real-life cases and poses theoretical questions to help working archivists better understand ethics as an applied practice. The author clearly illustrates how ethical considerations and dilemmas emerge in seemingly routine facets of archival work-from acquisition and appraisal through disposition and deaccessioning. Danielson also focuses on such fascinating phenomena as forged documents and displaced archives. She thoughtfully considers the archivist's responsibility to protect cultural property, and includes commentary on current trends in privacy law, clearly explaining relevant legislation. Helpful appendices include an analysis and reference to ten professional codes of ethics, sample acquisition guidelines and collections management policies, a select list of federal legislation affecting access to private information, and a bibliography.
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Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries
Jessica Lacher-Feldman
Society of American Archivists, 2013
In EXHIBITS IN ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES, longtime special collections exhibits curator Jessica Lacher-Feldman advises archivists at all levels on developing enlightening and entertaining exhibits. She describes each step of the exhibit process, providing straightforward tips on: Developing innovative exhibit ideas Formulating exhibit policies and procedures for your institution Crafting well-written and visually interesting exhibit labels Branding and designing exhibits Promoting exhibits through conventional media, social media, and give-away items Also included are case studies that detail exhibits at a variety of institutions, sample documents and forms, a literature review, and a guide to exhibit supplies. Exhibit development doesn't have to be complicated or overwhelming. With this comprehensive resource, you'll learn how to develop exhibits that help you to better connect with your audience and advocate for your repository. "Proceed and be bold" with exhibit development, and gratifying, inspiring results will transpire.
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How to Keep Union Records
Michael Nash
Society of American Archivists, 2010
Ten chapters address issues of perennial concern to labor archivists: building relationships with the unions, developing collecting policies that support current labor history scholarship, adapting appraisal theory to the unique challenges of labor union archives, and arranging and describing collections so that finding aids speak to both academic and union audiences. In the tradition of Debra E. Barnhardt's classic text on the subject, this new volume highlights recent transformations in the labor archives world, such as changes in recordkeeping practices, the imapct of union mergers and the consolidation movement on archival collections, the growing importance of media collections, and electronic records and union websites. Also included in the volume are an extensive bibliography and a directory of labor archives in the United States. How to Keep Union Records illustrates how basic archival theory and best practice methodologies can be applied to the challenges presented by labor collections. Archivists in collecting repositories and union records administrators will greatly benefit from this excellent collection of essays by leaders in the field.
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How to Manage Processing in Archives and Special Collections
Pam Hackbart-Dean
Society of American Archivists, 2012
Every archives strives to have an active, well-planned processing program, but achieving this is no easy task. How to Manage Processing in Archives and Special Collections breaks down what you need to know to establish or revitalize your processing program, delivering effective methods to help you succeed. This resource is packed with information about: Creating a framework for a processing program, including developing processing policies, priorities, and strategies; Managing the day-to-day work of processing assessment techniques; Implementing best practices and standards; Administering a patron-based approach to managing processing; Effectively assessing the demands for descriptions and item-level cataloging to make collections available more swiftly; and Applying standards in the adoption of trends and new concepts in processing and in handling outside demands. Whether you manage numerous archivists, operate as one member of a processing team, or are a lone arranger, How to Manage Processing in Archives and Special Collections is your go-to guide for developing and managing a processing program. With an effective processing program in place, your archives will be better positioned to help users find the materials they need.
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I, Digital
Personal Collections in the Digital Era
Christopher A. Lee
Society of American Archivists, 2011

When it comes to personal collections, we live in exciting times. Individuals are living their lives in ways that are increasingly mediated by digital technologies — digital photos and video footage, music, the social web, e-mail,and other day-to-day interactions. Although this mediation presents many technical challenges for long-term preservation, it also provides unprecedented opportunities for documenting the lives of individuals.

Ten authors — Robert Capra, Adrian Cunningham, Tom Hyry, Leslie Johnston, Christopher (Cal) Lee, Sue McKemmish, Cathy Marshall, Rachel Onuf, Kristina Spurgin, and Susan Thomas — share their expertise on the various aspects of the management of digital information in I, Digital: Personal Collections in the Digital Era.

The volume is divided in three parts:

  • Part 1 is devoted to conceptual foundations and motivations.
  • Part 2 focuses on particular types, genres, and forms of personal traces; areas of further study; and new opportunities for appraisal and collection.
  • Part 3 addresses strategies and practices of professionals who work in memory institutions.
  • Chapters explore issues,challenges, and opportunities in the management of personal digital collections, focusing primarily on born-digital materials generated and kept by individuals.

    Contributions to I, Digital represent the depth in thinking about how cultural institutions can grapple with new forms of documentation, and how individuals manage--and could better manage--digital information that is part of contemporary life.

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    Leading and Managing Archives and Manuscripts Programs
    Peter Gottlieb
    Society of American Archivists, 2019
    Book 1 of the Archival Fundamentals Series III
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    Lester J. Cappon and the Relationship of History, Archives, and Scholarship
    Richard J. Cox
    Society of American Archivists, 2004
    The relationship of history, archival studies, and the emergent information disciplines continues to be a topic of debate in the modern archival profession. Lester J. Cappon (1900-1981) is the quintessential proponent of archival knowledge based on historical scholarship, and his writings remain prescient decades after his death, writes Richard J. Cox in his excellent introduction. The 12 essays collected for the first time in a single volume cover the range of Cappon's primary interests: archival theory, archival collecting and appraisal, the relationship between archivists and historians or archives and history, and documentary editing. These essays, which reflect Cappon's considerable soul searching about the knowledge and identity of the archivist, and his own strong sense of history and archives, continue to be relevant today and make an important contribution to the professional discourse.
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    Making Your Tools Work for You
    Max Eckard
    Society of American Archivists, 2020

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    Managing Business Archives
    Sarah Polirer
    Society of American Archivists, 2021

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    Managing Congressional Collections
    Cynthia Pease Miller
    Society of American Archivists, 2008
    As diverse and rich as the American demographic is in their contents, the personal papers of members of Congress have tremendous and often untapped historic value in documenting each members district or state and its relationship to the federal government. Yet congressional collections challenge archivists and collecting institutions with every conceivable management problem associated with twentieth- and twenty-first-century records. From soliciting the collection and working with the member's office through detailed processing guidelines to planning effective outreach activities, each chapter of this manual includes the best practices for managing these unwieldy collections. A project of the Congressional Papers Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists and funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Managing Congressional Collections serves the needs of administrators and archivists who work with these specialized collections.
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    Many Happy Returns
    Advocacy and the Development of Archives
    Larry J. Hackman
    Society of American Archivists, 2011
    Twenty-three well-versed archivists and allied professionals teach you how to advocate effectively for your archives in Many Happy Returns: Advocacy and the Development of Archives. Editor Larry Hackman's opening essay is a tutorial on advocacy principles and application, including practical techniques and tactics. Hackman asserts that "advocacy is an investment that we make when we intentionally and strategically educate and engage individuals and organizations so that they in turn will support our archival work." Thirteen case studies address a variety of advocacy experiences and methods. For example, the New York Philharmonic archivist has spent more than 25 years building a strong and highly visible archives by finding and using allies within the Philharmonic's own internal family. One vital strategy has been to link the archives to the interests and needs of the symphony's very prominent music directors. Other examples include major breakthroughs, such as passage of a $7 million bond issue for the Butte archives in Montana, and creation of a significant preservation endowment for the Oberlin College Archives in Ohio, as well as more typical incremental advances made over longer periods by matching an archives advocacy methods to the culture, structures, and processes of the parent organization. A highly instructive chapter describes seven categories of advocacy lessons learned from the case studies and suggests areas that archivists should give higher priority, particularly in finding and using external advocates. The book concludes with essays on advocacy and archival education, the use of new technologies to build support for archives, and advocacy at the federal level. This book ably demonstrates that archivists can (and should!) invest time in advocacy efforts to produce "many happy returns" for themselves and their archives. And now, so can you!
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    Module 1
    Standards for Archival Description
    Sibyl Schaefer
    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE, a new, open-ended series of modules by the Society of American Archivists, features authoritative treatments written and edited by top-level professionals that fill significant gaps in archival literature. Module 1 in the series, STANDARDS FOR ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION, untangles the history of standards development and provides an overview of descriptive standards that an archives might wish to use. TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE includes two other modules: PROCESSING DIGITAL RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS and DESIGNING DESCRIPTIVE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS. Each module can be purchased separately, or you can purchase the bundle, ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION, which features all three modules.
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    Module 10
    Teaching with Archives: A Guide for Archivists, Librarians, and Educators
    Sammie Morris
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Provides practical guidance to archivists, librarians,and educators on teaching with archival materials,offering tips for beginners as well as seasoned instructors.
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    Module 11
    Connecting Students and Primary Sources: Cases and Examples
    Tamar Chute
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Offers readers an analytical guide and example assignments for teaching with primary materials, based heavily on first-hand case study accounts and interviews with practitioners and experts in the field.
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    Module 12
    Preserving Digital Objects
    Erin O'Meara
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Explores concepts of digital preservation in the archival context, focusing on standards and metadata required to make digital objects accessible and understandable over time.
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    Module 13
    Digital Preservation Storage
    Erin O'Meara
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Provides an introduction to digital storage best practices for long-term preservation, including terminology, hardware, and configurations.
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    Module 14
    Appraising Digital Records
    Geof Huth
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Provides practical tools and resources for conducting and documenting an appraisal of digital records.
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    Module 15
    Collecting Digital Manuscripts and Archives
    Megan Barnard
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Demonstrates how to integrate digital archives and manuscripts into collection development policies and strategies, build strong relationships with creators and colleagues, appraise born-digital materials prior to an acquisition, and prepare for the challenges of collecting digital manuscripts and archives.
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    Module 17
    Implementing DACS: A Guide to the Archival Content Standard
    Cory Nimer
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Leads archivists through the provisions of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) with the aim of assisting institutions in choosing between available options and creating documentation for local application. Includes extended examples of recording DACS content in EAD3, EAC-CPF, and MARC formats.
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    Module 18
    Using EAD3
    Kelcy Shepherd
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Provides an introduction to Encoded Archival Description Version EAD3, including its benefits and challenges, overall structure, and relationship to other archival standards. Discusses changes in the recent version and offers practical information on implementation.
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    Module 19
    Introducing EAC-CPF
    Katherine M. Wisser
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Introduces the standard Encoded Archival Context—Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (EAC-CPF) and situates it in the wider archival standards landscape.
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    Module 2
    Processing Digital Records and Manuscripts
    J. Gordon Daines III
    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE, a new, open-ended series of modules by the Society of American Archivists, features authoritative treatments written and edited by top-level professionals that fill significant gaps in archival literature. Module 2 in the series, PROCESSING DIGITAL RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS, builds on familiar terminology and models to show how any repository can take practical steps to process born-digital materials and to make them accessible to users. TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE includes two other modules: STANDARDS FOR ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION and DESIGNING DESCRIPTIVE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS. Each module can be purchased separately, or you can purchase the bundle, ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION, which features all three modules.
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    Sharing Archival Metadata
    Aaron Rubinstein
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Explores the potential of data created by archivists and, using approaches and tools for sharing structured data, how it can be shared with researchers in the digital humanities as well as how it can enhance archivists own discovery systems and strategies.
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    Module 21
    Lights, Camera, Archives!
    Daniel J. Linke
    Society of American Archivists, 2020
    Tell the story of your archives and handle media requests like a pro. From journalists who want to plumb the depths of your collections to filmmakers who think your building is an ideal location for their next masterpiece, working with the media offers a wealth of potential benefits. Maximize media opportunities and leverage them in your favor by anticipating and planning for your ultimate close up.
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    Module 22
    Engaging Users with Archives: Programs That Get Results
    Jessica Lacher-Feldman
    Society of American Archivists, 2020
    Adapt, implement, and evaluate engaging archival programs to suit the mission, priorities, and resources of your repository. This book is part of Trends in Archives Practice Series.
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    Module 23
    Establishing Archival Connections through Online Engagement
    Jennie Thomas
    Society of American Archivists, 2020
    Design a social media strategy, including selecting platforms and devising posting and assessment plans, that fit your organization's mission, audiences, and voice, culminating in not just followers but a community of lifelong supporters and fans. Part of the Trends in Archives Practice series.
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    Module 24
    Navigating the Technical Landscape of Born-Digital Design Records
    Kristine Fallon
    Society of American Archivists, 2022

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    Module 25
    Emerging Best Practices in the Accession, Preservation, and Emulation of Born-Digital Design Materials
    Jody Thompson
    Society of American Archivists, 2022

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    Module 26
    Case Studies in Born-Digital Design Records
    Aliza Leventhal
    Society of American Archivists, 2022

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    Module 3
    Designing Descriptive and Access Systems
    Daniel A. Santamaria
    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE, a new, open-ended series of modules by the Society of American Archivists, features authoritative treatments written and edited by top-level professionals that fill significant gaps in archival literature. Module 3 in the series, DESIGNING DESCRIPTIVE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS, provides implementation advice regarding the wide range of tools and software that support specific needs in arranging, describing,and providing access to analog and digital archival materials. TRENDS IN ARCHIVES PRACTICE includes two other modules: STANDARDS FOR ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION and PROCESSING DIGITAL RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS. Each module can be purchased separately, or you can purchase the bundle, ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION, which features all three modules.
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    Module 4
    Understanding Copyright Law
    Heather Briston
    Society of American Archivists, 2015
    Describes the main principles of copyright law and outlines strategies for addressing common issues, special topics, and digital projects.
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    Module 5
    Balancing Access and Privacy in Manuscript Collections
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    Society of American Archivists, 2015
    Introduces basic access and privacy laws, concepts, definitions, and professional ethical standards affecting manuscript materials and private and family papers.
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    Module 6
    Balancing Access and Privacy in the Records of Organizations
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    Society of American Archivists, 2015
    Introduces basic access and privacy laws, concepts, definitions, and professional ethical standards affecting the management of records created by organizations, businesses, agencies, and other entities.
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    Module 7
    Managing Rights and Permissions
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    Society of American Archivists, 2015
    Provides practical guidance to help archivists transfer, clear, manage, and track rights information in analog and digital archives.
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    Module 8
    Becoming a Trusted Digital Repository
    Steve Marks
    Society of American Archivists, 2015
    Digital records pose many challenges for archives, libraries, and museums; and behind them all lurks the shadow of trust. How can donors know that your repository will take good care of their digital files? How can people verify that the records they wish to use are authentic? How can they have confidence in being able to access obsolete file formats far into the future? These are difficult questions, but whatever the size or mission of your archives, you can move it closer to answering them and to being a trusted digital repository. Meeting the gold standard—ISO 16363 Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories—may seem like a far-off goal, but Module 8: Becoming a Trusted Digital Repository demystifies this complex standard. Module 8 demonstrates specific ways that your archives, library, or museum can identify gaps, improve digital operations, and plan for future enhancements so that you can indeed help it become a trusted digital repository.
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    Module 9
    Contextualizing Archival Literacy
    Elizabeth Yakel
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Examines the evolving theory of archival literacy in relation to domain knowledge, primary sourceliteracy, and information literacy to facilitate meaningful use of archival and manuscript collections.
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    Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists
    Anthony Cocciolo
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists by Anthony Cocciolo is for every archivist (or archivist in training) who has unearthed some carrier of moving image and sound and wondered what to do. Combining best practices with guidance for specific media formats, Cocciolo applies concepts of appraisal, description, and accessioning to audiovisual collections, providing a solid grounding for archivists in environments where resources for description, digitization, and storage are scarce.
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    Museum Archives
    An Introduction (Second Edition)
    Deborah M. Wythe
    Society of American Archivists, 2004

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    Museum Archives
    Practice, Issues, and Advocacy
    Susan Hernandez
    Society of American Archivists, 2022
    Museum archives are a central component of and contributor to a museum's mission, and they require sustained advocacy in order to thrive. In this comprehensive guide, twenty-seven archivists share examples and practical advice for applying archival fundamentals to museum contexts and exploring strategies for negotiating for resources to successfully carry out an archival mission.
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    Navigating Legal Issues in Archives
    Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt
    Society of American Archivists, 2008
    Attorney and archivist Menzi Behrnd-Klodt details a number of legal issues in this excellent resource. The book is divided into 4 major sections corresponding to functional areas of archival and public history work: legal framework (especially useful for its orientation to the structure of laws and litigation, how to work with lawyers, and how to be a good client): acquiring and securing ownership to collections; access (e.g., privacy, student, health, presidential, and public records); and copyright and intellectual property. In addition, the book includes many sample legal documents, forms, policies, and guidelines (e.g., mission statement, collections policy, subpoena examples, deeds of gift, restrictions, copyright expiration table, deaccession and loan forms, and releases for users requesting copies from a repository). An explanation of the legal issues in each is provided along with the curatorial and cultural objectives at stake.
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    Norton on Archives
    Thornton W. Mitchell
    Society of American Archivists, 2003

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    Perspectives on Women's Archives
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    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    The Past, Present, and Future of Women’s Archives Women’s archives hold a significant place in the historical record, illuminating stories of individuals who had an impact on our past in both powerful and quiet ways. The history of the archives themselves—and the struggle to achieve equal representation within the historical record—also tell a valuable story, one that deftly examines American culture and society over the past few centuries. In PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S ARCHIVES, eighteen essays written by noted archivists and historians illustrate the origins of a women-centered history, the urgent need to locate records that highlight the diverse experiences of women, and the effort to document women’s experiences. The essays also expose the need for renewed collaboration between archivists and historians, the challenges related to the accessibility of women’s collections, and the development of community archives. Ultimately, archival relevancy is reinforced, not diminished, by sharing resources and exposing absences. PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S ARCHIVES inspires new thinking about the value of women’s archives and how to fill the gaps in our recordkeeping to move toward a more diverse and inclusive future.
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    Photographs
    Archival Care and Management
    Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler
    Society of American Archivists, 2006
    An essential tool for custodians of photographs in archives, libraries, historical societies, and similar repositories who manage photographic materials. This authoritative guide provides pragmatic techniques for each aspect of managing collections of images, from appraisal and accessioning through arrangement, description, and research use. Presented from an archival perspective, the book focuses on systematically working with collections of photographs, regardless of their age, size, condition, or usage levels, and addresses: Archival management of photos, History of photography, Preservation issues and techniques, Interpreting photographs, Legal issues, and Using photographs in outreach and educational efforts. Superbly illustrated with nearly 300 images, it also includes an extensive bibliography and information on funding sources and professional organizations that have a special focus on photographs.
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    Planning New and Remodeled Archival Facilities
    Thomas P. Wilsted
    Society of American Archivists, 2007

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    Preserving Archives & Manuscripts
    Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler
    Society of American Archivists, 2010
    The authoritative resource for archivists, manuscript curators, and other responsible for the preservation of archives, manuscripts, and historical collections. It covers the wide range of materials found in such holdings and addresses practical means of implementing preservation programs. The emphasis is on integrating preservation and archival management with a focus on storage, safe handling, and environmental issues. Many illustrations and extensive appendices complement the text. Ritzenthaler’s classic manual complements and augments Advancing Preservation for Archives and Manuscripts by Elizabeth Joffrion and Michèle V. Cloonan, published in 2020 as volume 5 in the Archival Fundamentals Series III.
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    Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives
    Archivists and Archival Records
    Menzi Behrnd-Klodt
    Society of American Archivists, 2005
    A diverse selection of thoughtful and provocative essays that explore the legal, ethical, administrative, and institutional considerations that shape archival debates concerning the administration of access to records containing personal information.
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    Putting Descriptive Standards to Work
    Christopher Prom
    Society of American Archivists, 2017
    Putting Descriptive Standards to Work, edited by Kris Kiesling and Christopher J. Prom, is the most recent addition to SAA’s Trends in Archives Practice series. The book consists of four modules: Module 17: Implementing DACS: A Guide to the Archival Content Standard by Cory L. Nimer, lead archivists through the provisions of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS); Module 18: Using EAD3, by Kelcy Shepherd, introduces Encoded Archival Description Version EAD3; Module 19: Introducing EAC-CPF by Katherine M. Wisser, introduces Encoded Archival Context–Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF); and Module 20: Sharing Archival Metadata, by Aaron Rubinstein, explores strategies for sharing archival metadata with researchers in the digital humanities and other archivists.
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    Reference and Access for Archives and Manuscripts
    Cheryl Oestreicher
    Society of American Archivists, 2020
    Cheryl Oestreicher is the head of Special Collections and Archives and associate professor at Boise State University. She has a PhD in modern history and literature from Drew University and an MLIS from Dominican University. She previously worked at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History at Emory University, the University of Chicago, Drew University, and Princeton University. Oestreicher has taught introduction to archives, archives management, reference, and research methods at Georgia State University, Clayton State University, and Boise State University. She has been actively involved in SAA by serving on the Publications Board, Manuscripts Section Steering Committee, 2016 Annual Meeting Program as co-chair, and the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force to Revise Statement on Access. She was the 2015 recipient of the Emerging Leaders Award. For the Academy of Certified archivists, she was a member of the Recertification Review Task Force and Nominating Committee, and serves on the Exam Development Committee focusing on Domain 3: Reference Services and Access. She has served as a grant reviewer for the Council on Library and Information Resources, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a former editor of Provenance, the journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists.
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    Rights in the Digital Era
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    Society of American Archivists, 2015

    About Rights in the Digital Era:

    MODULE 4
    Understanding Copyright Law
    Heather Briston
    Describes the main principles of copyright law and outlines strategies for addressing common issues, special topics, and digital projects.

    MODULE 5
    Balancing Access and Privacy in Manuscript Collections
    Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt
    Introduces basic access and privacy laws, concepts, definitions, and professional ethical standards affecting manuscript materials and private and family papers.

    MODULE 6
    Balancing Access and Privacy in the Records of Organizations

    Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt
    Introduces basic access and privacy laws, concepts, definitions, and professional ethical standards affecting the management of records created by organizations, businesses, agencies, and other entities.

    MODULE 7
    Managing Rights and Permissions

    Aprille C. McKay
    Provides practical guidance to help archivists transfer, clear, manage, and track rights information in analog and digital archives.

    About Trends in Archives Practice:

    This open-ended series by the Society of American Archivists features brief, authoritative treatments—written and edited by top-level professionals—that fill significant gaps in archival literature. The goal of this modular approach is to build agile, user-centered resources. Modules treat discrete topics relating to the practical management of archives and manuscript collections in the digital age. Select modules are clustered together by topic (as they are here) and are available in print or electronic format. Each module also is available separately in electronic format so that readers can mix and match modules that best satisfy their needs and interests. Stay on trend with Trends in Archives Practice!

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    SAA Sampler
    Archival Advocacy
    Cheryl Oestreicher
    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    The SAA Sampler Series features collections of select chapters from authoritative books on archives published by the Society of American Archivists. Produced exclusively electronically, the samplers are designed to give readers an overview of a pertinent topic as well as a taste of the full publications. In this volume you'll discover three outstanding pieces on archival advocacy drawn from books published by the Society of American Archivists: MANY HAPPY RETURNS: ADVOCACY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHIVES; PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING FOR ARCHIVES; and A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEB: NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARCHIVES AND OUR USERS.
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    SAA Sampler
    Law & Ethics
    Lisa A. Mix
    Society of American Archivists, 2013
    The SAA Sampler Series features collections of select chapters from authoritative books on archives published by the Society of American Archivists. Produced exclusively electronically, the samplers are designed to give readers an overview of a pertinent topic as well as a taste of the full publications. In this volume you'll discover three outstanding pieces on legal and ethical issues for archivists--one overview of copyright and two case studies dealing with privacy and access--drawn from three books published by the Society of American Archivists: NAVIGATING LEGAL ISSUES IN ARCHIVES, THE ETHICAL ARCHIVIST, and PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PERSPECTIVES: ARCHIVISTS AND ARCHIVAL RECORDS.
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    Teaching Primary Source Research Skills
    Julie Thomas
    Society of American Archivists, 2024

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    Teaching with Primary Sources
    Christopher Prom
    Society of American Archivists, 2016
    Teaching With Primary Sources is part of the series Trends in Archives Practice. It includes three modules: Module 9: Contextualizing Archival Literacy by Elizabeth Yakel and Doris Malkmus Examines the evolving theory of archival literacy in relation to domain knowledge, primary source literacy, and information literacy to facilitate meaningful use of archival and manuscript collections. Module 10: Teaching With Archives: A Guide for Archivists, Librarians, and Educators by Sammie L. Morris, Tamar Chute, and Ellen Swain Provides practical guidance to archivists, librarians,and educators on teaching with archival materials,offering tips for beginners as well as seasoned instructors. Module 11: Connecting Students and Primary Sources: Cases and Examples by Tamar Chute, Ellen Swain, and Sammie L. Morris Offers readers an analytical guide and example assignments for teaching with primary materials, based heavily on first-hand case study accounts and interviews with practitioners and experts in the field. As Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe notes in the introduction, "These three modules present a wealth of resources for meeting the challenges of primary source literacy instruction. They can be read start-to-finish to build a foundation for practice. Or, they can be dipped into as needed by the busy educator who needs practical ideas or inspiration for that next instruction session."
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    Through the Archival Looking Glass
    A Reader on Diversity and Inclusion
    Mary A. Caldera
    Society of American Archivists, 2014
    Realizing Diversity and Inclusion in Archives and the Archival Profession The impulse to create archives is rooted in the very human need to leave one’s mark on the world. Whether through letters, diaries, reports, photographs, films, or a teenager’s simple need to scrawl “I was here” on a subway wall, there’s a deep desire in individuals to tell their stories, to be seen literally and figuratively in archives. With this desire also comes the need to ensure that archives are as diverse as the world we live in and to preserve the individuals and cultures that have been consciously or unconsciously underserved in the archives. Through the Archival Looking Glass: A Reader on Diversity and Inclusion, edited by Mary A. Caldera and Kathryn M. Neal, features ten essays that explore prominent themes related to diversity, including: • Creating a diverse record • Recruiting diversity to the profession and retaining a diverse workforce • Questioning the archive itself, on representation, authority, neutrality, objectivity, and power Through the Archival Looking Glass illustrates a multitude of perspectives and issues so that fresh voices can emerge alongside more familiar ones, and new concepts can be examined with new treatments of established ideas. Diversity is an ever-evolving concept; the term itself is increasingly rephrased as inclusion. By stimulating further ideas and conversation, we can come closer to a common understanding of what diversity and inclusion are or can be and, perhaps most importantly, how they may be realized in archives and the archival profession.
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    Waldo Gifford Leland and the Origins of the American Archival Profession
    Peter J. Wosh
    Society of American Archivists, 2011
    The professional accomplishments of Waldo Gifford Leland (1879-1966) are legendary: historian, surveyor of archival repositories in America and in France, father of the American Historical Association's Conference of Archivists, archival theorist, J. Franklin Jameson's key lieutenant in the battle for the establishment of the National Archives, second president of the Society of American Archivists, and long time head of the American Council of Learned Societies. This splendid classic brings together Leland's most significant writings concerning archives and archival methods, concentrating on the period from 1908 to 1920, when Leland was most involved in helping to create the American archives profession.
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