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The Roma And Documentary Film: Considerations For Collection Development, Rebecca Schiff
The Roma And Documentary Film: Considerations For Collection Development, Rebecca Schiff
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This paper explores the issues and criteria involved in developing a creditable documentary film collection about the Romani people for an academic library. Throughout their history, the Roma, or Gypsies, have dealt with biased, romanticized versions of their story, perpetuated by stereotypes found in legend, literature, song, and film. The expectation in the present undertaking is that the evidence coming from documentary films provides an effective antidote for misrepresentations. The paper reviews pertinent literature, suggests a selection process, and furnishes commentaries on individual titles as they relate to a framework based on the Romani historical and geographical narrative. A critical …
Globalization Of Area Studies: An Analysis Of Collection Development Resources, Izabella Taler
Globalization Of Area Studies: An Analysis Of Collection Development Resources, Izabella Taler
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The article provides a detailed analysis of collection development tools of use to area studies subject bibliographers
Beyond The Left: Documenting American Racism In Print Periodicals At The Wisconsin Historical Society, And Theorizing (Radical) Collections Today, Alycia Sellie
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This chapter merges what I experienced in developing collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society with new scholarship on anti-racism and interrogations of whiteness in library and information studies (LIS).