Archives and archivists 2: current trends, new voices

Synopsis

This Work Addresses Many Of The Issues Faced By Archive, Records Management And Information Specialists, And Many Of The Expectations Of The Societies That Rely On Their Services. The Areas Addresses Include Legal And Ethical Challenges, Governance And Accoutability. Custodians Of Memory/creators Of His(story): Archives, Power Dynamics And Socio-cultural Sites Of Contestation -- The Significance Of 'history' In Modern And Postmodern Appraisal -- Web 2.0 And Archival Description -- The Role And Place Of Personal Fonds In The Archival Tradition -- Perceptions Of Archives: A Survey And Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Archives In Two Irish Newspapers -- Politics, Heritage And Identity: Northern Ireland's Community Archives -- The Development Of Recordkeeping Practices In Irish Asylums: A Case Study Of Grangegorman Psychiatric Hospital -- Individual Rights To Privacy And Societal Rights To Memory: The Retention Of Personal Data For Historical And Research Purposes -- Reckoning With Dictatorship: The Stasi Records And The Work Of The Bstu -- An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Archivists And Family Historians In Irish Local Authority Archives -- Family Historians And Archives: A Study Of The Motivations, Research Strategies And User Needs Of Six Irish Family Historians -- Teachers' Perceptions Of The Role Of Archives In The Revised Leaving Certificate History Syllabus -- Partners Or Gatekeepers?: Archival Interactions With Higher Education At University College Dublin. Ailsa C. Holland & Elizabeth Mullins, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.