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Is there anything wrong with the following address ?
rfranklin@archivists.org

Seems hard to get through . How much is it , if
delivered  to UK? of China?

Thanks for responding.

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:59:29 -0500 Tim Ericson
<TLE@GML.LIB.UWM.EDU> wrote:

> 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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