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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the authors
The 13 essays in this volume offer provocative commentary and analysis in the ways archivists might better document college and university campuses and serve users. Three intertwined themes run throughout the reader: the opportunities and challenges posed by ever-changing technology, the importance of cooperation and collaboration beyond the walls of the archives, and the necessity of a proactive approach in undertaking the academic archival enterprise. As the essays gathered here demonstrate, archivists can and must play an active role in documenting the character and history of their institutions by applying their talents to the challenges in this new century.
Preface / v
Part One: Redefining the Role of College and University Archives
Chapter 1
Academic Archives: Retrospect and Prospect / 3
Nicholas C. Burckel
Chapter 2
The Impact of Information Technology on Academic Archives in the Twenty-first Century / 27
Helen R. Tibbo
Chapter 3
Electronic Publishing and Institutional Memory / 53
Robert P. Spindler
Part Two: Capturing Campus Histories
Chapter 4
Remembering Alma Mater: Oral History and the Documentation of Student Culture, with a new Afterword: Reflections on Oral History in Academia in the Digital Age / 71
Ellen D. Swain
Chapter 5
Giving It More Than theOld College Try: Documenting Diverse Populations in College and University Archives / 97
Kathryn M. Neal
Chapter 6
"Though This Be Madness, yet There Is Method in't": Assessing the Value of Faculty Papers and Defining a Collecting Policy / 117
Tom Hyry, Diane Kaplan, and Christine Weideman
Part Three: Managing Efficient Programs
Chapter 7
Perspectives on Outreach at College and University Archives / 137
Tamar G. Chute
Chapter 8
Optimum Access? Processing in College and University Archives / 155
Christopher J. Prom
Chapter 9
Reframing Records Management in Colleges and Universities / 185
Nancy M. Kunde
Part Four: Serving Our Users
Chapter 10
Balancing Issues of Privacy and Confidentiality in College and University Archives / 211
Tim Pyatt
Chapter 11
Copyright Law and Unpublished Materials: Fair Use and Strategies for Archival Management / 227
Kenneth D. Crews
Chapter 12
Encoded Finding Aids as a Transforming Technology in Archival Reference Service / 245
Richard V. Szary
Chapter 13
Managing Expectations, Expertise, and Effort While Extending Services to Researchers in Academic Archives / 261
Elizabeth Yakel
Contributors / 287
Notes / 291
Index / 339