ID - 4887397 TI - The silence of the archive PY - 2017 SN - 9781783301553 9781783301560 9781783301577 1783301562 1783301570 1783301554 PB - London DB - UniCat KW - Archivistics KW - Archives KW - Appraisal of archival materials. KW - Records retention. KW - Documents d'archives KW - Calendrier de conservation (Archives) KW - Acquisitions KW - Evaluation KW - 930.25 KW - 930.25 Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek KW - Archiefwetenschap. Archivistiek KW - Record retention schedules KW - Retaining records KW - Retention of records KW - Records KW - Appraisal of archival materials KW - Acquisitions (Archives) KW - Archive acquisitions KW - Archival appraisal KW - Evaluation of archival materials KW - Selection of archival materials KW - Archival materials KW - Records retention KW - Acquisitions. KW - Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4887397 AB - This new book will provide a ground breaking discussion of a major but little considered issue - the silence of the archive: why archives, sometimes seen as the repositories of truth, often fail to satisfy users because they do not contain information which they expect to find. Silences range from details of individuals' lives to records of state oppression or of intelligence operations. The book brings together ideas from a wide range of fields, from contemporary history through family history research to Shakespearian studies. It describes why there are these silences, what the impact of them is, how researchers have responded to them and what the silence of the archive means for researchers in the digital age. ER -