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For immediate release from the Society of American Archivists:

AMERICAN ARCHIVAL STUDIES:
READINGS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
edited by Randall C. Jimerson

The 28 essays reprinted in this volume represent important recent American
writings on archives and the role of archivists in modern society. They are
collected here in order to make them more easily accessible to archival
students and practicing archivists, indeed to anyone who wants to explore
archival issues in greater detail than can be found in introductory texts.
These articles provide important perspectives both on basic elements of
archival practice and on fundamental principles in archival theory and
methodology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
        American Archivists and the Search for Professional Identity
        by Randall C. Jimerson

Part One: Understanding Archives and Archivists
1       "Dear Mary Jane": Some Reflections on Being an Archivist  by John A.
Fleckner
2       To Remember and Forget: Archives, Memory and Culture  by Kenneth E.
Foote
3       The Symbolic Significance of Archives by James M. O'Toole
4       "Mind and Sight": Visual Literacy and the Archivist  by Elisabeth
Kaplan and
        Jeffrey Mifflin

Part Two: Archival History
5       Liberty, Equality, Posterity?: Some Archival Lessons From the Case
of the
        French Revolution  by Judith M. Panitch
6       The Provenance of a Profession: The Permanence of the Public
Archives and
        Historical Manuscripts Traditions in American Archival History  by
Luke J. Gilliland-Swetland
7       The Blessings of Providence on an Association of Archivists by J.
Frank Cook

Part Three: Selection and Documentation
8       At the "rim of creative dissatisfaction": Archivists and Acquisition
Development
        by Timothy L. Ericson
9       Who Controls the Past  by Helen Willa Samuels
10      The Documentation Strategy and Archival Appraisal Principles: A
Different
        Perspective  by Richard J. Cox

Part Four: Appraisal
11      On the Idea of Uniqueness  by James M. O'Toole
12      Exploring the Black Box: The Appraisal of University Administrative
Records
        by Frank Boles and Julia Marks Young
13      "The Surest Proof": A Utilitarian Approach to Appraisal  by Mark
Greene

Part Five: Arrangement and Description
14      The Power of the Principle of Provenance by David A. Bearman and
        Richard H. Lytle
15      Description and Reference in the Age of Automation  by Avra
Michelson
16      Descriptive Practices for Electronic Records: Deciding What is
Essential
        and Imagining What is Possible  by Margaret Hedstrom
17      Encoded Archival Description: The Development of an Encoding
Standard
        for Archival Finding Aids  by Daniel V. Pitti

Part Six: Reference and Use of Archives
18      In the Eye of the Beholder: Archives Administration from the User's
Point of
        View  by Elsie T. Freeman
19      Facts and Frameworks: An Approach to Studying the Users of Archives

        by Paul Conway
20      Understanding Administrative Use and Users in University Archives
        by Elizabeth Yakel and Laura L. Bost

Part Seven: Preservation
21      On the Idea of Permanence  by James M. O'Toole
22      Archival Preservation Practice in a Nationwide Context by  Paul
Conway
23      Preservation Re-Recording of Audio Recordings in Archives: Problems,
        Priorities, Technologies, and Recommendations  by Christopher Ann
Paton

Part Eight: Electronic Records
24      Reinventing Archives for Electronic Records: Alternative Service
Delivery
        Options  by David Bearman and Margaret Hedstrom
25      Schellenberg in Cyberspace  by Linda Henry
26      Digital Communications: Documentary Opportunities Not to Be Missed
        by Anne Gilliland-Swetland

Part Nine: Management
27      Redefining Archival Identity: Meeting User Needs in the Information
Society
        by Randall C. Jimerson
28      Keepers, Users and Funders: Building an Awareness of Archival Value

        by John J. Grabowski

Randall C. Jimerson is associate professor of history and director of the
graduate program in archives and records management at Western Washington
University, Bellingham, Wash.

AMERICAN ARCHIVAL STUDIES: READINGS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Published by Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Publication Date: September 2000   ca.650 pp.   6"x9"  soft cover
$44.95 (SAA members $34.95)     ISBN 0-931828-41-4     product code 395

TO ORDER, contact Rodney Franklin at rfranklin@archivists.org or
312/922-0140 or SAA Publications, 527 S. Wells Street, 5th Floor, Chicago,
IL 60607.


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