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Privacy Issues Affecting Lesbian And Gay Archival Collections, Diane Shannon
Privacy Issues Affecting Lesbian And Gay Archival Collections, Diane Shannon
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Originally, I planned to discuss more broadly in this paper issues of access in lesbian and gay archives. Not only did I intend to research and write about the issues surrounding the confidentiality of information contained in those archives, but also the benefits and losses associated with cooperative agreements between those archives and local community groups, and between the archives themselves. Additionally, I planned to discuss the ways in which a lack of funding at smaller lesbian and gay archives affects their operation (hours of operation, the materials and expertise they use, climate control, etc.). My mechanisms for analyzing all …
Studying The Weathervane: Use As A Factor In Appraisal Criteria, Wendy Duff
Studying The Weathervane: Use As A Factor In Appraisal Criteria, Wendy Duff
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
In his 1974 Society of American Archivists presidential address, Gerald F. Ham cautioned archivists against becoming "too closely tied to the vogue of the academic marketplace" otherwise ''the archivist will remain at best nothing more than a weathervane moved by the changing winds of historiography." These wise words of advice reflected concern over collecting activities that responded to the latest research interests rather than a broad knowledge of ''the scope, quality, and direction of research in an open-ended future." But how can archivists predict the future trends of research, especially those in an openended future? Should they even try? Timothy …
Dancing: Archival Education And Student Research, Richard J. Cox
Dancing: Archival Education And Student Research, Richard J. Cox
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
John Mellencamp's song "Dance Naked" might seem an inappropriate way of introducing four student essays on archival topics, but it happened to be what I was listening to as I put the finishing touches to this essay. As with most popular song lyrics (and I am not repeating Mellencamp's words so as not to offend anyone), these words can be interpreted on a number of levels. Yet, I know that when students work on such essays in their archives courses that they both feel naked in their lack of security about their own knowledge of archival science while sensing a …
Provenance Xii, Issues 1 & 2, Richard J. Cox
Provenance Xii, Issues 1 & 2, Richard J. Cox
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
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