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This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future. Firmly rooted in current professional debate and scholarship, Archival Futures offers thought provoking and accessible chapters that aim to challenge and inspire archivists globally and to encourage debate about their futures. It is widely acknowledged that the archive profession/discipline is facing a time of change. The digital world has presented changes in how records are created, used, stored and communicated. At the same time, there is increased public debate over issues such as ownership of and access to information and its authenticity and reliability in a networked and interconnected world. On a practical level archivists are being asked to do more, to have a greater range of skills, often with increasingly restricted resources while competing with others to maintain their role as experts in ever changing environments. Exploring the potential impact of these changes is timely. Such reflections will provide the opportunity to consider the archivists' purpose and role, discuss the practical impact of change on skills and functions and to articulate what can be contributed to a mid 21 century world. The contributors, Kate Theimer, Luciana Duranti, Victoria Lemieux, Geoffrey Yeo, Jenny Bunn, Sonia Ranade, Barbara Reed, Gillian Oliver, Frank Upward, Joanne Evans, Michael Moss, David Thomas and Craig Gauld cover: - the role of archives in relation to individuals, organisations, communities and society - how appraisal, arrangement, description and access might be affected in the future - the impact of changing societal expectations in terms of access to information, how information is exchanged, and how things are recorded and remembered - the place of traditional archives and what ‘the archive' is or might become - competition or opportunity offered by other information, cultural or IT related professions and the future role of the archive profession - truth and post-truth: archives as authentic and reliable evidence This book will appeal to an international audience of students, academics and practitioners in archival science, records management, and library and information science.

Archivistics --- 930.25 --- 930.25 Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Archives. --- Archives --- Technological innovations --- Technological innovations. --- Archival materials. --- Materials, Archival --- Manuscripts --- Documents --- Manuscript depositories --- Manuscript repositories --- Documentation --- History --- Information services --- Records --- Cartularies --- Charters --- Diplomatics --- Public records --- Depositories --- Repositories

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The way in which we view the nature of archives and the role of the archivist has changed significantly in the last few decades. With increasing interest from outside of the profession, the idea of archives as the static, impartial carriers of truth and the archivist as a guardian of records has been questioned: how can society take greater control over its own written memory? There have been a number of other changes which have impacted upon the way archivists conceive of themselves and the way in which they work. Chief among these are the rapid rise of technology and the challenges this poses, and the changing place of archives within related fields, such as records and information management. It is imperative that archivists engage with these challenges if archives are to emerge as a renewed force in the 21st century. This much-needed book is designed not as a practical guide to professional practice, but rather as a reader addressing these challenges. The chapters are contributed by leaders in the field, and are grouped around the following four core themes: defining archives; shaping a discipline; and, Archives 2.0: archives in society. Archives in the information age: is there still a role for the archivist? Each chapter represents a defined argument in its own right to enable readers to dip in and out of the collection as they wish, and the book is structured to highlight chapters that share a common theme. This book offers a clearly organized approach to developments in archives and record keeping and will prove an invaluable resource for students following postgraduate training courses in archive administration as well as for archive professionals wishing to refresh and update their understanding of the profession.

Archivistics --- Archives. --- Archives --- Records --- Gestion des documents --- Technological innovations. --- Computer network resources --- Management. --- Innovations --- Ressources Internet --- 930.25 --- -Archives --- -027 --- Documents --- Manuscript depositories --- Manuscript repositories --- Manuscripts --- Documentation --- History --- Information services --- Cartularies --- Charters --- Diplomatics --- Public records --- Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Technological innovations --- Depositories --- Repositories --- 930.25 Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- 027 --- E-books --- Computer network resources.

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Clandestine Philosophy examines the circulation and consequences of 'clandestine philosophical manuscripts', a genre that flourished in the eighteenth century and included forbidden works such as erotic texts, political pamphlets, satires of court life and of the nobility, forbidden religious texts, and books about alchemy and the occult. The editors have brought together leading experts on the history of European philosophy to explore the circulation of radical ideas during the eighteenth century and the social, political, and cultural impact they had on eighteenth-century society.

Renaissance. --- clandestine. --- court life. --- early modern philosophy. --- erotic. --- forbidden religious texts. --- history of philosophy. --- literature. --- manuscript studies. --- manuscripts. --- occult. --- pamphlets. --- philosophy. --- politica. --- religion. --- satires. --- subversive. --- texts. --- History of Western philosophy

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This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data). Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of information governance? What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital era? What are the practical implications of the information revolution for the work of archivists and records managers? Geoffrey Yeo, a distinguished expert in the global field, explores concepts of 'records' and 'archives' and sets today's record-keeping and archival practices in their historical context. He examines changing perceptions of records management and archival work, and asks whether and how far understandings derived from the fields of information management and data administration can enhance our knowledge of how records function. He argues that concepts of information and data cannot provide a fully adequate basis for reflective professional thinking about records and that record-keeping practices still have distinct and important roles to play in contemporary society.

Information storage and retrieval systems --- Libraries --- Library science --- Librarianship --- Library economy --- Bibliography --- Documentation --- Information science --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Management. --- Automation --- Technological innovations --- Management --- 930.25 --- 930.25 Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek --- Information organization --- Records --- Archives --- Documents --- Manuscript depositories --- Manuscript repositories --- Manuscripts --- History --- Information services --- Cartularies --- Charters --- Diplomatics --- Public records --- Disposition of records --- Records management --- Information storage and retrieval --- Organization of information --- Management&delete& --- Data processing --- Depositories --- Repositories --- E-books --- Information systems --- Archivistics

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Increasingly, the role of heritage management is to anticipate and guide future environmental change rather than to simply protect landscapes of the past. This charge presents a paradox for those invested in the preservation of the past: in order to preserve the historic environment, they have to collaborate with others who wish to change it, and in order to apply their expert knowledge, they must demonstrate its benefits for policy and society. The solution advocated here is an integrative landscape approach that draws on multiple disciplines and establishes links between archaeological-historical heritage and planning and between research and policy.

Landscapes --- Patrimoine historique --- Protection. --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Archeology --- Netherlands --- Cultural property --- Historic preservation --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Preservation, Historic --- Preservationism (Historic preservation) --- Cultural property, Protection of --- Cultural resources management --- Cultural policy --- Protection --- Government policy --- Biens culturels --- History --- History. --- Civilization, Medieval --- Manuscripts, Medieval. --- Books --- Medieval History, Book History, High Middle Ages, Manuscript culture, Culture studies.