{"product_id":"community-archives-jeannette-bastian-9781856046398","title":"Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do archives and other cultural institutions such as museums determine the boundaries of a particular community, and of their own institutional reach, in constructing effective strategies and methodologies for selecting and maintaining appropriate material evidence? This book offers guidance for archivists, record managers and museums professionals faced with such issues in their daily work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection explores the relationships between communities and the records they create at both practical and scholarly levels. It focuses on the ways in which records reflect community identity and collective memory, and the implications of capturing, appraising and documenting these core societal elements - with particular focus on the ways in which recent advances in technology can overcome traditional obstacles, as well as how technologies themselves offer possibilities of creating new virtual communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is divided into five themes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea community archives model \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunities and non-traditional record keeping \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecords loss, destruction and recovery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonline communities: how technology brings communities and their records together \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuilding a community archive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReadership: This book will appeal to practitioners, researchers, and academics in the archives and records community as well as to historians and other scholars concerned with community building and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeannette Bastian,Ben Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1856046397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856046398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Facet Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 29","brand":"Jeannette Bastian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440080761087,"sku":"9781856046398","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd1fe7a3-8783-475b-9b10-ff25b845035c.jpg?v=1777180289","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/community-archives-jeannette-bastian-9781856046398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}