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52. Preserving Transience: Ballet and Modern Dance Archives.
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Chaffee, Gary J.
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DANCE archives ,BALLET ,MODERN dance ,ARCHIVE acquisitions ,ARCHIVAL processing ,PRESERVATION of archival materials ,LIBRARY special collections ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
Dance is an ephemeral art in that it is primarily a visual and auditory medium that occurs in real-time within a performance. However, there is a wealth of extant primary sources in both print and non-print formats that are steadily being collected, stored and preserved in archives dedicated to the discipline of dance around the world in an attempt to provide some permanence to that ephemerality. There has been a growing movement over the past few decades to document materials belonging to this discipline, chiefly in the modern dance and ballet arenas; these movements sprang up not only to preserve the historical and organizational aspects for both posterity and the educational benefit of others inside and outside of the discipline, but also to capture the art form's essence and spirit. An examination of several dance archives and special collections in Great Britain, Australia, and America, as well as dance repository-related articles demonstrates how these small but thriving collections are capturing the essence of dance through typical archival activities such as acquisitions, processing, preservation, and providing access while dealing with the same logistical and budgetary limitations that archives of more general size and scope face. Information gleaned from this paper may be of use to researchers interested in the organizational, acquisition, collection development and preservation activities of such archives, as well as a general modern history of ballet and modern dance archives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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53. Police Body Cameras and Professional Responsibility: Public Records and Private Evidence.
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Wood, Stacy E.
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PROFESSIONAL ethics ,PUBLIC records ,INFORMATION policy ,CRIME scene documentation ,WEARABLE video devices in police work - Abstract
Extensive media coverage has focused attention on the disproportionate frequency and severity of police use of force against black communities in the United States. Video documentation captured by public officials and private citizens aided by the ubiquity of cell phones has made this violence inescapable, enabling conversations of system-wide problems within a mainstream context. Video documentation has been posed as a means of increasing transparency on the part of police and the district attorneys tasked with the decision of whether or not a police shooting requires the indictment of an officer. This documentation is also simultaneously posed as a check against the unmitigated authority of officer testimony, as a financial windfall for companies selling the technology, and as the ultimate exoneration for police officers attempting to justify their decisions in the field. These concurrent rhetorical registers operate in different domains and rarely overlap. The enormous amount of attention that has been focused on body-camera programs belies a techno-utopian impulse, an investment in a technological fix to complex and interlocking historical and socio-political realities. With this attention, funding has followed, pre-existing body-camera programs have been extended, and pilot programs have launched, presenting new challenges for police departments whose resources cannot meet the fiscal demands of a dramatic technological shift in a short period of time. Similarly, policies and laws regarding these devices themselves as well as the footage they capture have been sluggish to coalesce around coherent principles. This paper examines the emergent markets, policies, and laws governing the footage captured by police-worn body cameras in the United States and employs this footage as a way to reckon with complex ethical issues for information professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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54. Building the Scholarly Base of a Field: Reflections on 8 Years of the Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI).
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Gilliland, Anne J.
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ARCHIVES ,ART scholarships & fellowships ,ACADEMIC programs ,DIGITAL preservation ,MASTER'S degree ,LIBRARY science ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI) was begun in 2008 to stimulate the growth of a new generation of academics in archival education who are versed in contemporary issues and knowledgeable about their colleagues' work. The initiative nurtures and promotes state-of-the-art scholarship in archival science broadly conceived, and encourages curricular and pedagogical innovation in archival education. This paper reflects on its genesis and activities over the past eight years and points to its future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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55. Archivieren-aufbereiten-digitale Lebenswelten für die Forschung verfugbar halten: was können, was sollten Bibliotheken angesichts der Umwälzungen des Nachrichtenmarktes leisten?
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Hagenah, Ulrich
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DIGITAL libraries ,ARCHIVES ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
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- 2016
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56. Social Media in Archives and Libraries: A Snapshot of Planning, Evaluation, and Preservation Decisions.
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King, Vanessa, Liew, Chern Li, and Oliver, Gillian
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SOCIAL media ,ARCHIVES ,DECISION making ,LIBRARIES ,DIGITAL preservation - Abstract
This paper reports the findings from research which explored decision making and practices underpinning the implementation or non-adoption of social media in archives and libraries worldwide. Archives and libraries continue to face demands, whether from senior management, funding agencies, the government, or taxpayers to demonstrate accountability. Evaluation provides evidence to meet such demands and to gain, validate, or sustain support for programs and activities. Being able to show success is a key step for archives and libraries that need to rationalize or win support for the continuance of their social media efforts. Related to this are questions about whether or not there should be a preservation strategy for the content of social media as well as a plan for sustainability of infrastructure to support these activities. Our survey findings suggest that archives and libraries know that they are not necessarily choosing the evaluation methods that can best demonstrate the achievement of their intentions, and furthermore that they lack strategies and policies for preservation and sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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57. Stern-Vergleich und menschliches Verhalten Zu Alkmans Partheneion (fr. 1,60-63).
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Adorjáni, Zsolt
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MANUSCRIPTS ,PUBLICATIONS ,LITERATURE ,ARCHIVES ,HUMAN beings - Abstract
This paper deals with a notorious interpretive crux of Alcman's Louvre-Partheneion: the identity of the Πεληάδες and the meaning and function of the φᾶρος. The article attempts to make sense of the debated verses in their context, highlighting Alcman's subtle praise of human beings against the foil of the divine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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58. From Parchment to Podcast: The Collaborative Process of Building and Unlocking an Archive.
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Oertel, Kristen T., Harvey, Renee, and Folsom, Diana
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PARCHMENT ,PODCASTING ,ARCHIVES ,MANUSCRIPTS ,CYBERSPACE ,SCHOLARS - Abstract
This project began with a deceptively simple question: "Were there runaway slaves in Indian Territory in the 1830 s and 40s?" The answer was complicated and relied upon the combined expertise of historians, archivists, curators, and collectors. This article describes how collaborative research, performed at the Helmerich Center for American Research at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, uncovered a long-neglected piece of history in Indian Territory. The collections, which contain diverse sources such as manuscripts written on parchment, archaeological artefacts, original art, and more recently, digitised documents, images, and videos, shape the way scholars answer their questions. Although scholarly research may appear to be an independent endeavour – the professor mining sources at a desk or writing alone on a computer – the reality, especially in the twenty-first century, is much different. What shows up on the page and, now, what results in a podcast, is rooted in a shared journey, beginning with an archivist or curator collecting and cataloguing materials and ending in cyberspace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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59. Of Gaps and Gossip: Intimacy in the Archive.
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Horn, Katrin
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INTIMACY (Psychology) ,ARCHIVES ,GOSSIP ,ROMANTICISM - Abstract
Arguing for gossip's relevance in the archive, this article examines the surviving private material relating to Charlotte Cushman (1816–1876). Cushman was the most celebrated American actress of the nineteenth century yet spent most of her life in an expatriate community in Rome, where she shared her home with other female artists. Analysing letters, diaries, and related forms of life writing by Cushman herself as well as by friends and family, this article pursues two goals: First, it accounts for how a fear of gossip (by Cushman and her family) might have shaped the gaps in the collection concerning Cushman's sexual and romantic relationships. Second, it makes the case for the archival traces of gossip as evidence in writing the story of Cushman's intimate life. The article thus reflects on the role of gossip and privacy in "intimate archives" (Dever et al. 2010) and contemplates their relevance to Cushman as an insightful case study of LGBTQ history. Overall, this article advocates turning to the archive with a renewed fervour for evidence of intimacy as well as for turning to intimacy for evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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60. Notizen und Kurzbeiträge.
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ARTIFICIAL intelligence ,HOLOCAUST survivors ,HOLOCAUST, 1939-1945 ,NATIONAL libraries ,EXILE (Punishment) ,FEDERAL aid ,KEYWORDS ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
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- 2024
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61. Die neue Geschichte aus dem alten Archiv. Geschichtsforschung und Arkanpolitik in Mitteleuropa, ca. 1800 - ca. 1850.
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Müller, Philipp
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HISTORY of government archives ,ARCHIVAL research ,HISTORICAL research ,HISTORY of historiography ,HISTORICAL source material ,OFFICIAL secrets ,GOVERNMENT agency records ,PETITIONS ,ARCHIVES ,HISTORY - Abstract
Copyright of Historische Zeitschrift is the property of De Gruyter and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2014
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62. Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field: A Response.
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McDonough, Jerome
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DIGITAL libraries ,BEST practices ,ARCHIVES ,ECONOMIC models - Abstract
The field of preservation has been transdisciplinary long before the digital age. One issue is that library schools do not prepare their graduates for this transdisciplinarity. This response to Anne Gilliland's paper rehearses the state of the profession with respect to its current and future issues, including such things as various methods of preservation (even automated preservation in the creation of materials), '[i]ntegrating access across time, systems, and communities,' developing standards for best practices, developing economic models for optimum preservation, and much more. One aim is to make all of these efforts uniform worldwide, if possible, which means that international cooperation in formulating strategies is necessary. Working on an international level, however, has its challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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63. Vom Umgang mit Dissens und Kontroversen.
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Boden, Petra
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POETS ,PHILOSOPHY of history ,PHILOSOPHY of anthropology ,HUMANITIES -- History ,ARCHIVES ,HERMENEUTICS ,20TH century German literature ,TWENTIETH century ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
This article presents the first results of the author's research on the history of the scholarly group Poetik und Hermeneutik. This research mainly explores the relevant papers belonging to the former members of this group at the Deutsche Literaturarchiv Marbach. These investigations produced rich materials, which will be the basis for further questions to be developed during the second phase of the project. Within the focus for the author's future work are the established forms of external representation in which interdisciplinary cooperation in the humanities take place and the changing theoretical relationship between the philosophy of history and anthropology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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64. Compiled Hindsight? Publishers' Archives in South Africa.
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le Roux, Elizabeth
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HISTORY of publishing ,ARCHIVES ,SOCIAL history ,CULTURAL history - Abstract
The article discusses the publishing history and archives of publishers in South Africa. It focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of publishing using theoretical and methodological constructs such as the study of corporate archives. The author expounds on the concept of compiled hindsight and its application for distinguishing the different uses of archives and the function of the publisher as a record keeper for both legal and cultural purposes.
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- 2013
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65. Polish Libraries and Archives during the Great Flood of 1997 and after.
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Piotrowicz, Grażyna
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ARCHIVES ,LIBRARIES & state ,FLOOD damage ,FLOOD control ,INTERNET ,SEARCH & rescue operations - Abstract
The article discusses the losses of Polish libraries and archives in Lower Silesia, Poland during the Great Flood of 1977. It provides an overview of the rescue operations and preventive measures undertaken by disaster-struck libraries and the voluntary help that put into action through the use of media particularly the internet. It concludes that it is a necessity to develop disaster and emergency preparedness programs in libraries to avoid massive loss.
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- 2010
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66. Visible (420-720 nm) Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques to Assess Inks in Historical Documents.
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Goltz, Douglas, Attas, Michael, Cloutis, Edward, Young, Greg, and Begin, Paul
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PRESERVATION of archival materials ,DOCUMENT imaging systems ,INK ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
The article discusses the research done by the Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre in Gatineau, Quebec that determines the impact of hyperspectral imaging in analyzing inks used in archival manuscripts. The James Bay Treaty, (circa 1905-1906), and the Adhesion to Treaty No. 6, (circa 1876), served as subjects of the study. Imaging visibility (420-720 nm), courtesy of Nuance Multispectral Imaging Systems, was utilized in analyzing ink loss and ink migration in the samples.
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- 2009
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67. Archivische Bestandserhaltung als regionale Aufgabe.
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Neuheuser, Hanns Peter
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PRESERVATION of archival materials ,TASKS ,REPAIRING ,MATERIALS handling ,ARCHIVES ,MAINTENANCE ,CONSERVATION & restoration - Abstract
Copyright of ABI Technik is the property of De Gruyter and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2007
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68. ONLINE COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES.
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ELECTRONIC information resources ,WEBSITES ,ARCHIVES ,MANUSCRIPTS - Abstract
This section provides information on several online research collections and resources available as of September 2004. The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., has released the Frederick Douglass Papers which is available on the American memory Web site. The Frederick Douglass Papers at the library of Congress presents the papers of the nineteenth century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer and publisher. Also, the Library of Congress has completed a major expansion of the Meeting of Frontiers Web site, the seventh since the site was first launched din December 1999. Meeting of Frontiers is a bilingual, English-Russian collaborative project that chronicles the parallel experiences of the U.S. and Russia in exploring, developing and settling their frontiers, and the meeting of those frontiers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, the Library and Information Service of the University of Patras, Greece, has launched Kosmopolis Digital Collection containing the full text content of twenty Greek periodicals from the mid-nineteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth century.
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- 2004
69. Academic Authors and Open Archives: A Survey in the Social Science Field.
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Pelizzari, Eugenio
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TEACHERS as authors , *AUTHORS , *ARCHIVES , *SURVEYS , *QUESTIONNAIRES - Abstract
This paper reports on a survey of the academic staff of the Faculties of Economics and Law of the University of Brescia, Italy. The survey sought to determine knowledge and use of Open-Access archives and to verify the conditions stated by the correspondents for their participation in an institutional Open-Access initiative. The response rate to the questionnaire was 57.9% (62 authors). Results show that 44% of the respondents (25 of 57) knew about the existence of Open-Access initiatives and archives. Of those aware of the existence of Open-Access archives, only 4% (1 in 25) affirmed they had already used them to deposit papers, while 33% (16 of 48), among those who declared they use materials freely available on the Web, affirmed they had used an Open-Access disciplinary archive. Sixty-one percent (41 of 62) of the respondents answered they were prepared to archive personally their own scientific or educational material in an institutional repository, once the conditions that they request have been fulfilled. The study illustrates the crucial role that authors play in the process of diffusion of Open-Access initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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70. Research Trends in Library and Information Science in South Africa and Nigeria: A Content Analysis.
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Ukwoma, Scholastica C. and Ngulube, Patrick
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INFORMATION resources management ,LIBRARY science ,INFORMATION science ,INFORMATION technology ,RECORDS management ,ARCHIVES ,SOCIAL informatics - Abstract
A review of the research trends in library and information science (LIS) is important as it provides insight into the research practices of scholars in the field. This study investigated the research trends in master's and doctoral research outputs relating to LIS produced in Nigeria and South Africa between 2009 and 2015 to identify the most researched subject areas and the most neglected subject areas in LIS research in the two countries. A total of 400 master's and doctoral research outputs produced in Nigeria and South Africa were analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis, and 15 research areas were created by means of modified subject categorisation adopted from the extant literature. The findings were that the most researched subject area in both countries was human information behavior in respect of both master's and doctoral research outputs. The least researched areas in LIS research outputs in Nigeria were archives and records management, LIS history and developments, bibliometrics, scientometrics and informatics, knowledge and information resource management. In South Africa, bibliometrics, scientometrics and informatics were the least researched areas in respect of doctoral research outputs, and LIS education and pedagogy were the least researched areas in master's research outputs. The positivist research paradigm was more prevalent. The implication of the findings is that LIS schools in Nigeria and South Africa need to focus more on research areas that deal with current trends and challenges confronting the profession. In today's world of work, most services are driven by information technology and research should be directed towards addressing the implementation of recent trends in the profession. Since the sample framework used for Nigeria was low, it may not be appropriate to generalise this finding to other institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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71. The organization and document construction in Korean: a relational analysis.
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Jae Jung Song
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GRAMMAR ,RELATIONAL grammar ,ARCHIVES ,LINGUISTIC universals ,QUESTION (Logic) ,LITERATURE ,STATISTICS - Abstract
This paper provides a detailed discussion of the Korean organization and document construction, which is used to describe situations wherein an organization or document performs a typically human action. The LOC-marked organization or document nominal expresses an agent, not a location. An analysis of the construction is provided within RG (relational grammar) theory. Various arguments are brought to bear in demonstrating that the LOC-marked nominal in question has initial LOC and final 1 properties. The case-marking rule previously proposed for other constructions in Korean is also found to take care of the construction. The issue of handling increments (or losses) of meaning resulting from certain revaluations within RG is addressed. since the LOC-1 advancement adds some sense of agency to the LOC-marked nominal. Finally, attention is drawn to the way the unaccusative structure of the organization and document construction differs from other types of unaccusative structure that have been previously documented in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1995
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72. From the Archival Bond to the Informational Bond.
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Pacheco, André and Silva, Carlos Guardado da
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LITERATURE reviews ,SCIENCE databases ,TRUST - Abstract
The archival bond is the embodiment of the relationships shared amongst records generated in the course of the same activity, by the same creator. It has been one of the key governing principles of the archival profession since its inception. At the heart of this concept is the notion that records only acquire meaning and identity in the context of the aggregation they originally belong to. This interpretation has been guided by an analog worldview of archives in which creators, activities, and fonds are easily delimited constructs. With the digitalization of recordkeeping, these boundaries are meshed in favor of more fluid processes that prioritize the flow and recombination of information across several systems and classification schemes. This article attempts to revisit the concept of archival bond under the light of the current information paradigm with the goals of examining its fundamental notions, discussing its application and limitations. The methodology is qualitative and relies on documentary research. A literature review on the archival bond is conducted through the consultation of Web of Science and Scopus databases. As an expansion of the archival bond, a novel concept of informational bond is suggested as an attempt to more accurately capture the context of digital information and to reinforce the trustworthiness of archival representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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73. Polish Folk Tale Archive: From Analog to Digital.
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Krawczyk-Wasilewska, Violetta
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DIGITAL technology ,POLISH history ,ARCHIVES ,SCHOLARLY method ,STORYTELLING - Abstract
The article presents a concise history of Polish folk tale from oral – analogue – beginnings to the digital collections of today. First, the storytelling tradition in Poland is described, secondly, an overview is given on folk tale collections and on the Polish research tradition, and, finally, the current digital folk tale archives are introduced in more detail. The focus of the article is about the recent development of online folk tale indexes and collections by popularising the very rich Polish folk tale documentation and scholarship as a valuable part of the European and global intangible heritage in the digital era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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74. Bestandserhaltung als Massengeschäft – Das neue Bestandserhaltungskonzept des Bundesarchivs.
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Boden, Ragna, Hänger, Christian, Niederhut, Jens, Förstner, Dirk, and John, Kristina
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,PROFESSIONALISM ,ARCHIVES ,STORAGE ,DIGITAL preservation ,COLLECTIONS - Abstract
Angesichts des rasanten Wachstums seiner Bestände und Magazinstandorte sowie zunehmender technischer Möglichkeiten konzentriert sich das Bundesarchiv stärker denn je auf zeitgemäße massentaugliche Lösungen der Bestandserhaltung. Das Anfang 2022 veröffentlichte neue Bestandserhaltungskonzept erläutert die Grundsätze. Im Sinne einer umfassenden Bestandserhaltung auf der Basis internationaler fachwissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse verbindet das Bundesarchiv in großem Maßstab Lagerungsthemen einschließlich Bauplanungen mit der Mitgestaltung einschlägiger, auch internationaler, Normen, mit Risikomanagement, dem Vorantreiben der weiteren Professionalisierung in der Restaurierung und dem Ausbau der Digitalisierung. The German Federal Archives increasingly focuses on mass-scale contemporary solutions for preservation. This is due to the recent extraordinary growth of its collections and number of storage sites as well as technological innovation. Published at the beginning of 2022, the new preservation concept is based on international research results. Consequently, the concept combines aspects of storage, including building design and risk management, the promotion of further increase in professionalism of restoration and mass-scale digitisation, as well as contribution to relevant norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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75. Photographic Archives and the Anthropology of Communism in Albania.
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de Rapper, Gilles
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The communist period in Albania was a time of intense photographic production. Much more than in previous periods, photography was perceived by those in power as an indispensable tool while at the same time becoming accessible to almost the entire population. Many photographs from the time survived the end of the communist regime and can now be used to study the history and memory of that period. To be of historical value, however, the diversity of photographic genres and practices, as well as the history of the constitution of photographic archives demands consideration of the context of the production and circulation of photographs, and that is a primary objective of this article. The author shows how he conducted an ethnography of photography based on presentation of the current state of public and private collections, and how such investigation constitutes a contribution to the anthropology of communism in Albania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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76. Archives of Mass Violence: Understanding and Using ICTY Trial Records.
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Vukušić, Iva
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The most relevant collection for studying the wars accompanying the breakup of Yugoslavia, which resulted in over 130,000 dead or missing, is the archive of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. The Tribunal established by the UN Security Council in 1993 to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes indicted 161 people and had accumulated millions of pages of testimony, military and police reports, and videos when it closed in late 2017. This invaluable record details the massacres and includes well-known incidents, such as the mass executions after the fall of Srebrenica, but also killings and torture elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia. This article investigates the history of this archive, analyzes its contents, and argues that the collection has two important features which present both a huge opportunity and a significant challenge for research—the immense volume of the archive, and a lack of access to important parts of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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77. Drafts of kiṣirtus in the Middle Assyrian Administrative Archives.
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Wang, Jinyan
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ARCHIVES - Abstract
The present article recognizes a new category of documents in the Middle Assyrian administrative archives — drafts of kiṣirtus. It uses two archives as case studies: the flock-master's archive from Tell Ali and the archive of Mutta, the animal-fattener from Assur. The identification of kiṣirtu drafts contributes to the reconstruction of the Middle Assyrian administrative record-keeping practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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78. Read by Touch: Stewarding the Reading and Writing Collection at the Perkins School for the Blind.
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Stothert-Maurer, Molly, Arnott, Jennifer, and Hale, Jennifer
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BRAILLE books ,PERKINS School for the Blind (Watertown, Mass.) ,DIGITAL preservation ,ARCHIVISTS ,ASSISTIVE technology - Abstract
This article traces the history of books, and reading and writing technology, for the blind through an analysis of collections held in the Perkins School for the Blind Archives in Watertown, Massachusetts. These collections include books using embossed text and braille as well as raised figures and other writing systems. The confusion created by competing systems in the United States, especially with regard to Helen Keller's education, is also considered. The authors establish that if we are to preserve such special collections, we must have an understanding and appreciation of their history and use. The goal of this article is to share information on the challenges of and solutions for preserving and digitizing embossed materials for other archivists and librarians who may have stewardship over similar collections, and to educate readers on how these materials might be used to study the history of reading and writing technology, especially those created for use by the blind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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79. Review of Edward Benoit III and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds. Participatory Archives: Theory and Practice.
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Weigle, Anastasia S.
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THEORY-practice relationship ,ARCHIVES ,TAGS (Metadata) ,WEB 2.0 ,VOLUNTEER service ,USER-generated content - Published
- 2020
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80. Conference Review: Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (DPASSH), June 25-26, 2015, Dublin, Ireland.
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Lacey, Fiona and Shankar, Kalpana
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DIGITAL preservation ,ART conservation & restoration ,SOCIAL science conferences ,HUMANITIES -- Congresses ,ARCHIVES ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Information on the Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DPASSH) conference held in Dublin, Ireland from June 25-26, 2015 is presented. Topics discussed include the theme "Shaping our Legacy: Safeguarding our Social and Cultural Record," the launch of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) during the event, and the presentation by attendee Rosemary Coll about the creation of DRI.
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- 2015
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81. WRITING-DRAWING An Entangled Archival Practice.
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Cheatle, Emma
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DRAWING ,WRITING processes ,ARCHIVES ,DOCTOR of philosophy degree ,ARCHITECTURAL history - Abstract
This article is based on a 2016 talk I gave to a drawing research group led by Lesley McFadyen, Huda Tayob and Sophie Read. In it I look back at my PhD research completed in 2013, with a view to trying to disentangle my complicated relationship with drawing as a practice of architectural research. Working through what drawing might and might not be, I propose that, hand in hand with writing, writing-drawing forms an entangled mode of doing architectural history and theory that draws out something more, or other, than each can do alone.* The mode of writing-drawing is particularly developed in the context of historical research on a building where archival material on the architect's intent, or evidence of the uses of the building once it was built, are missing. I argue two things: firstly, that the building itself can be read as an original archive, as a series of Lacanian part-objects; and that secondly, the writing-drawing research practice creates a further archive, a »living archive« that can be contributed to over time.† The article reflects on the roles of writing and drawing in the PhD whilst incorporating thinking developed in my recent research, chiefly drawn from ethnography, sociology, literary studies, and situated feminist and autotheory writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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82. Verschlossen, verwechselt, verlegt, verbrannt: Das Schicksal der Weihnachtsansprache Pius' XII. von 1942.
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Wolf, Hubert
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CHRISTMAS ,HOLOCAUST, 1939-1945 ,POPES ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
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- 2022
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83. Hurrian and Luwian Elements in the Kizzuwatna Religious Texts.
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Görke, Susanne
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RITES & ceremonies ,FESTIVALS ,RITUAL ,CULTS ,PLAINS ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
Kizzuwatna, roughly the area around the present-day Turkish city of Adana in the plains of Cilicia in Southeastern Turkey, is known to be the origin of several magical ritual texts that were found in the archives of the Hittite Capital, Ḫattuša, in Central Anatolia. These texts are characterized by varying amounts of Luwian and Hurrian elements and rites in them. This article, however, aims to foreground festival texts with connections to Kizzuwatna and adjacent regions, namely the "Festival for Teššub and Ḫebat of Lawazantiya (CTH 699)" and the "Cults for Teššub and Ḫebat of Aleppo (CTH 698)". Both festivals reveal very little Luwian, but they do exhibit obvious Hurrian influences. This article offers first thoughts toward an interpretation of the lack of Luwian in these texts, along with other texts with an alleged origin in Southeastern Anatolia or Northern Syria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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84. Working Class Women's Activism in Socialist Yugoslavia: An Exploration of Archives from Varaždin, Croatia.
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Bonfiglioli, Chiara and Žerić, Sara
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ACTIVISM ,WOMEN employees ,SINGLE mothers ,WORKING class ,ARCHIVES ,LABOR union members ,WOMEN'S societies & clubs - Abstract
The authors address working class women’s activism in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on archives produced at both factory and municipal levels by local društva žena or aktivi žena (women’s societies/sections) in the industrial town of Varaždin, Croatia. Their critical exploration of archival sources produced between the mid-1950s and the late 1980s has enabled the authors to challenge dominant interpretations of women’s activism during state socialism, particularly the idea that no relevant activism existed after the dissolution of the Antifascist Women’s Front (AFŽ) in 1953. To counter that view the authors highlight the continuities between the AFŽ and subsequent women’s organizations, the Union of Women’s Societies (SŽD) and the Conference for the Social Activity of Women (KDAŽ), in terms both of discursive narratives and of biographical trajectories. They argue that local archival collections provide new and differentiated insights into past gender and labour conflicts and into working class women’s activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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85. Thüringen.
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Mutschler, Thomas
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PUBLIC libraries ,ELECTRONIC publications ,LIBRARY catalog management ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
The article presents information of the Thuringian public and academic library Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek located in Jena, Germany and discusses electronic publications, the library's catalog management, as well as its management. Other topics mentioned in this article include a chart on archiving, digital libraries in Germany, and library cooperations.
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- 2013
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86. Mapping the Preservation Landscape for the Twenty-First Century.
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Harvey, Ross and Mahard, Martha
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INFORMATION technology ,TWENTY-first century ,CULTURAL property ,CONCEPT mapping ,PRESERVATION of historic sites ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
Information technology has had a profound effect on the preservation landscape at the beginning of the twenty-first century, blurring the traditional boundaries separating cultural heritage institutions and demanding new skills and approaches to the management of cultural assets, whether digital or analog. Concepts around which the core principles of preservation were built have been challenged and are shifting to accommodate new practices and standards. Changes in our approach to longevity, choice, quality, integrity, and access are being driven by digital technologies. A new set of principles, applicable to all materials, whether digital or not, are proposed. In the context and aims of preservation as we understand it today, these principles are a framework for the management of our cultural heritage collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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87. Comment and News.
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ARCHIVES ,FILM archives ,ART archives ,HISPANIC Americans - Abstract
The article presents information on archive collection at several institutions, libraries, and websites. The Chicago Film Archives is a film archive dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing access to films related to the Midwest. Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art is a digital archive that provides access to primary sources and documents related to the development of twentieth-century art in Latin America and among Latino populations in the U.S.
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- 2012
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88. Comment and News.
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LIBRARY materials ,ARCHIVES ,TELEVISION programs ,AUDIOVISUAL materials ,LIBRARIES - Abstract
The article offers information on the various library collections in the U.S. It states that the Church Missionary Society Archive collection features Letter Books and Precis Books that contain correspondence, circulars and medical work in all the mission centers. Meanwhile, the Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 is the second complete online series of Adam Matthew. Furthermore, Video Active offers collection of television programmes and stills from audiovisual archives across Europe.
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- 2010
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89. Developing a Repository at Southern New Hampshire University: A Case Study.
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Platt, Alice
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CASE studies ,ARCHIVES ,LIBRARY storage centers ,DIGITIZATION of library materials - Abstract
The article presents the case study of developing a digital repository at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, New Hampshire. The academic archive of SNHU focused on intellectual output from the School of Community Economic Development (SCED). It states that the documents were scanned and many old documents were printed using dot-matrix printers or typewriters, in order to preserve the documents.
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- 2010
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90. Editorial.
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Tether, Leah and Rayner, Samantha J.
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NARRATIVES ,MEDIEVAL studies ,CULTURAL fusion ,ARCHIVES - Published
- 2020
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91. Description of the actual material state of library stocks. Some remarks to a widely-used practice.
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Bansa, Helmut
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COMPUTER systems , *ELECTRONIC spreadsheets , *LIBRARY materials , *ARCHIVES , *LIBRARIES - Abstract
A system for describing the material condition of library (or archive) collections is presented, which is based on selecting the samples in even distribution all over the whole collection, avoiding the little illustrative methods of mathematic statistics. Another characteristic is that on the spot, i.e. describing the samples in the stacks or after getting them out at the writing table, only real and material findings are registered, avoiding qualifying categories. Evaluation is done using the possibilities for selection and combination offered by a spreadsheet program via special macro-commands for navigation, selection and calculation. The relevant program is available (at this time only in German). A single characteristic is the author's polemic against repeated folding as means to define paper degradation. This method has resulted in heavily exaggerated ideas on the material condition in the libraries. A single fold is suggested instead, followed by inspecting the fold line. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
92. Recognizing Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method.
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Arthur, Kathleen, Byrne, Sherry, Long, Elisabeth, Montori, Carla Q., and Nadler, Judith
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DIGITAL libraries ,DIGITIZATION ,ARCHIVES ,MANUSCRIPTS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
This section reprints the article Recognizing Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method, by Kathleen Arthur, Sherry Byrne, Elisabeth Long, Carla Q. Montori and Judith Nadler, which was originally released in June 2004. The challenges of preserving collections have been addressed in different ways over time. Over the past several years, libraries have moved towards using digitization as an additional method for reformatting endangered and fragile paper-based materials to both preserve and provide access to library collections. The Association of Research Libraries endorses digitization as an accepted preservation reformatting option for a range of materials. The association encourages its members and others engaged in digital reformatting and those interested in initiating these activities to make an organizational and economic commitment to adhere to accepted standard and best practices, and to establish policies and the capacity to maintain digital products for the long-term. The association calls on the community of federal grant agencies, private foundations, and grants reviewers and panelists to give equal support to proposals that incorporate digital reformatting for preservation when these conditions are met.
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- 2004
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93. MICROFILM COLLECTIONS.
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MICROFILMS ,ARCHIVES ,CULTURE ,MISSIONARIES ,METHODISTS - Abstract
This section provides information on several microfilm collections available as of September 2004. The collection Pacific Island Culture & Society: The Papers of the Reverend George Brown (1835-1917), Methodist Missionary From the State Library of New South Wales will be of great interest to those concerned with the study of Polynesian culture, Pacific studies and the relationship between the West and the indigenous peoples of Oceania. The Dutch Political Conflict With the Republic of Indonesia, 1945-1949: Documents From the Secret Archives of the General Secretariat of the Netherlands Indies Government and the Cabinet of the Governor General, National Archives of the Netherlands, The Hague, is a collection that forms the first part of a new series of micro-publications on the end of Dutch colonialism in Asia being planned in cooperation with the National Archives in The Hague. Meanwhile, the collection entitled Native America, Series 2: The Association on American Indian Affairs Archives, General and Tribal Files, 1851-1983, documents the role of the Association on American Indian Affairs. It includes materials dating from 1851 to 1983, making it the one of the most comprehensive research collections on the struggles of Native Americans.
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- 2004
94. Universal Access Through Time: Archiving Strategies Digital Publications.
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van Drimmelen, Wim
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ELECTRONIC publishing , *PUBLICATIONS , *DIGITAL Object Identifiers , *ARCHIVES , *MEETINGS - Abstract
The Royal Library in The Hague has been a leader in developing and exploring approaches to long-term preservation of digital objects. Libri invited its distinguished Board Member, Wim van Drimmlen, to share some of his views on this important issue with our readers. What follows is based on a presentation made in May 2003 at the STM Conference in Amsterdam. We hope its appearance will encourage more papers on this important topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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95. Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Algeria.
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Bakelli, Yahia and Benrahmoun, Sabrina
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ACADEMIC dissertations , *RESEARCH , *ARCHIVES & education , *CD-ROMs , *ARCHIVES - Abstract
In accordance with a decree issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Algeria in August 2000, an electronic copy of every Master's and PhD thesis defended in all academic institutions must be deposited at the CERIST Research Centre. Deposit is a condition for getting the diploma. CERIST is then entrusted with the mission to build a database of Algerian theses and to update the national inventory of current theses and research. However a serious problem of archiving and preserving these Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) has emerged. From December 2001 to November 2002 a great number of ETDs has been deposited and constitutes a set of more than 1000 floppy disks and 100 CD-ROMs. What guarantees that these digital materials deposited by students are preserved and safeguarded? What guarantees that the content of these materials are preserved and accessible at any time regardless of machine, operating system and software. This paper explores the problem of the long-term conservation and preservation of electronic theses in the Algerian context, and shows how international recognised standards and techniques for setting up and organising the local ETD's archives may be applied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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96. Disrupting Carceral Narratives: Race, Rape, and the Archives
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Sutherland Tonia
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archives ,narratology ,race ,carceral ,massie ,central park five ,Bibliography. Library science. Information resources - Abstract
Using critical archival studies as a methodological frame, this paper applies theories of the carceral archive to two historic legal cases: the Ala Moana Boys and the Central Park Five. Through these two cases I demonstrate that engaging the three primary underpinnings of the carceral archive—documentary records, narrative construction, and Foucauldian conceptions of “the carceral”—can critically expose, complicate, and unsettle carceral narratives, providing a new theoretical framework for troubling what Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie calls “the danger of a single story” in the historical record. Finally, I argue that it is through disrupting carceral narratives and centering more liberatory counter-narratives that archives might envision and promote themselves as sites replete with emancipatory impulses and ripe with liberatory potential.
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- 2020
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97. Notizen und Kurzbeiträge.
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DIGITAL libraries ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
The article offers news brief related to libraries which include Bayerische Staatsbibliothek acquires the photo archive by Karsten de Riese; picture archive of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the largest digital titles database of all German libraries at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
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- 2021
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98. Le commende gerosolimitane nella Terraferma veneziana (secoli XVI–XVIII): identificazione e amministrazione.
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Robuschi, Luigi
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ARCHIVES ,ACCESS to archives ,HISTORICAL research ,RESEARCH - Abstract
The comparative analysis of the sources preserved at the Archivio del Gran Priorato di Lombardia e Venezia and the Archives of the Order of Malta in the National Library of Malta, have made it possible to quantify and identify the lands owned by the Order of Malta on the Venetian mainland – the Terraferma – between the 16th and the 18th centuries. The archival documentation, further corroborated by research in the Archives of Venice, Padua and Verona, uncovered a vast range of situations, yet to be studied and linked to the properties owned by the knights in Veneto. Furthermore, the documentation sheds some light not only on the knights to whom the Commanderies were assigned, but also on the vast number of people who actively participated in the life and administration of the properties owned by the Order of Malta in the Terraferma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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99. Fixing the Address: Slow Appraisal and the Making of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) Archive.
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Corn, Aaron, Amoroso, Lee, Skinner, Anthea, and Malengreaux, Noémie
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The Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) at the University of Adelaide was founded in 1972 and is the world's only dedicated university centre for Australian Indigenous music studies. This article investigates the making of the CASM Archive through collaboration between CASM academics and students and professional archivists in the University of Adelaide Library. It demonstrates how this unusual approach, originally intended to provide students with an understanding of CASM's history, resulted in a collaborative process of slow appraisal that enabled CASM students to make greatly useful contributions to appraising and communicating the significance of the CASM Archive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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100. Ideologies of English in Asia: an editorial.
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Grey, Alexandra, Lising, Loy, and Cho, Jinhyun
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CHINESE people ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,IDEOLOGY ,CRITICAL thinking ,CHINESE history ,ENGLISH language ,ARCHIVES - Abstract
That English has spread in Asia is well-known, but this critical reflection, and the five contributions and book review that we hereby introduce, contribute to rectifying the relative absence in the sociology of language literature of studies approaching language ideologies and practices in specific Asian contexts from local perspectives. We are not alone; our inspections of journal archives show that scholars are increasingly responding to this relative absence in recent years. What this special issue offers is further diversity of both authors and cases, and moreover this special issue draws attention to the immutable, binary structure underlying the various globally-circulating discourses of the East and the West as part of investigating how socially constructed East-West binaries interact with language ideologies about English and other languages. It shifts the attention from fixity – East versus West – to diversity, extending East to Easts and West to Wests as our contributors identify and examine multiple, endogenous "imaginative geograph[ies]" (from Arif Dirlik's [1996] "Chinese history and the question of Orientalism", History and Theory 35(4): 97) constructed through various Orientalist ideologies. It founds this approach on a combination of the theory of recursive language ideologies and critical Orientalism scholarship. This is generative of new and useful sociolinguistic analyses. Having laid out this theoretical extension, this editorial then provides an overview of the issue's contributions, which examine how socially constructed East-West binaries are interacting with language ideologies about English and other languages on sub-national scales in various Asian contexts including in Korea, China, Japan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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