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2014

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Review Of Through The Archival Looking Glass: A Reader On Diversity And Inclusion, Alexandra M. Bisio Sep 2014

Review Of Through The Archival Looking Glass: A Reader On Diversity And Inclusion, Alexandra M. Bisio

Journal of Western Archives

Though the Archival Looking Glass: A Reader on Diversity and Inclusion, edited by Mary A. Caldera and Kathryn M. Neal, brings together a series of essays that challenge the reader to think critically about archival practice and education, evaluate the current demographics of the profession, and actively battle the silences left by history.

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Deconstructing The Critical Theory Archive At Uci: An Experiment With Eac-Cpf And Linked Open Data, Sara Renée Seltzer, Alexandra M. Bisio, Shu Liu Sep 2014

Deconstructing The Critical Theory Archive At Uci: An Experiment With Eac-Cpf And Linked Open Data, Sara Renée Seltzer, Alexandra M. Bisio, Shu Liu

Journal of Western Archives

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) Libraries has begun a pilot project exploring the use of Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF) and linked open data to expose contextual information about holdings in UCI's Critical Theory Archive (CTA). The project team has identified a number of goals emphasizing public service, sustainability, and scalable experimentation. This work-in-progress article reports the pilot's background, scope, status through July 2014, and future plans.

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Review Of "Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives", Ryan K. Lee Jul 2014

Review Of "Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives", Ryan K. Lee

Journal of Western Archives

Book review of Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives.

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Fading Silver: The Territorial Cup, The Arizona Foot Ball League And The Mystery Of The History, Robert P. Spindler May 2014

Fading Silver: The Territorial Cup, The Arizona Foot Ball League And The Mystery Of The History, Robert P. Spindler

Journal of Western Archives

New evidence regarding the Arizona Foot Ball League Championship Cup enhances our understanding of its' provenance as the oldest intercollegiate rivalry trophy in the United States. The story of the Territorial Cup and the 1899-1900 Normals’ football season offers many insights into territorial Phoenix history, archival preservation, memory, and symbolism.

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Review Of The American Archivist Online Supplement To Volume 74, Patricia J. Rettig Apr 2014

Review Of The American Archivist Online Supplement To Volume 74, Patricia J. Rettig

Journal of Western Archives

Review of The American Archivist Online Supplement to Volume 74.

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Review Of Exhibits In Archives And Special Collections Libraries, Russ Taylor Feb 2014

Review Of Exhibits In Archives And Special Collections Libraries, Russ Taylor

Journal of Western Archives

Review of Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries by Jessica Lacher-Feldman.

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Review Of Perspectives On Women's Archives, Julia Stringfellow Feb 2014

Review Of Perspectives On Women's Archives, Julia Stringfellow

Journal of Western Archives

Book review of Perspectives on Women's Archives.

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Citizen Krueger: An Examination Of Cultural Province And Community Preservation, Stephen J. Hussman Jan 2014

Citizen Krueger: An Examination Of Cultural Province And Community Preservation, Stephen J. Hussman

Journal of Western Archives

This study describes the efforts of an educator to both engage and enlighten his local community regarding the importance of preserving primary resources, and a brief community history highlighting its origin. Finally, this study offers a narrative regarding a community’s collaborative effort to re-discover and reclaim its identity.

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From Accession To Access: A Born-Digital Materials Case Study, Cyndi Shein Jan 2014

From Accession To Access: A Born-Digital Materials Case Study, Cyndi Shein

Journal of Western Archives

Between 2011 and 2013 the Getty Institutional Records and Archives made its first foray into the comprehensive ingest, arrangement, description, and delivery of unique born-digital material when it received oral history interviews generated by some of the Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project partners. This case study touches upon the challenges and affordances inherent to this hybrid collection of audiovisual recordings, digital mixed-media files, and analog transcripts. It describes the Archives’ efforts to develop a basic processing workflow that applies the resource-management strategy commonly known as “MPLP” in a digital environment, while striving to safeguard the integrity and authenticity …

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