| Archives and Societal Provenance: Australian Essays Contributor(s): Piggott, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843347121 ISBN-13: 9781843347125 Publisher: Chandos Publishing OUR PRICE: $110.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Archives & Special Libraries |
| Series: Chandos Information Professional |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.11 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Records and archival arrangements in Australia are globally relevant because Australia's indigenous people represent the oldest living culture in the world, and because modern Australia is an ex-colonial society now heavily multicultural in outlook. Archives and Societal Provenance explores this distinctiveness using the theoretical concept of societal provenance as propounded by Canadian archival scholars led by Dr Tom Nesmith. The book's seventeen essays blend new writing and re-workings of earlier work, comprising the fi rst text to apply a societal provenance perspective to a national setting. After a prologue by Professor Michael Moss entitled A prologue to the afterlife, this title consists of four sections. The first considers historical themes in Australian recordkeeping. The second covers some of the institutions which make the Australian archival story distinctive, such as the Australian War Memorial and prime ministerial libraries. The third discusses the formation of archives. The fourth and final part explores debates surrounding archives in Australia. The book concludes by considering the notion of an archival afterlife. |