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FYI from the SAA (...see Part Three)
Tim

>>> Susan Fox <sfox@ARCHIVISTS.ORG> 08/10 9:39 AM >>>
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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