Archives

<ul> <li>Dedication</li> <li>Figures</li> <li>About this book</li> <li>Chapter 1: Traces: Document, record, archive, archives</li> <li>Chapter 2: Archival institutions <ul> <li>Archives and human impulses: The institutionalization and pluralization of the record</li> <li>Institutional form and function since the dawn of time</li> <li>The French Revolution and the nineteenth century</li> <li>Archival institutions in twentieth-century post-colonial societies</li> <li>Archival institutions in North America</li> <li>Public records institutions in Australia</li> <li>The collecting tradition in Australia</li> <li>Business archives in Australia</li> <li>Educational and religious archives in Australia</li> <li>Archives as a place and virtual archives</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 3: Professing archives: A very human enterprise <ul> <li>Understanding professions and professionalization</li> <li>Building a profession: The journey so far</li> <li>Recordkeeping heritage: Major strands of practice</li> <li>Traditional roles and relationships</li> <li>Electronic revolution: Catalyst for integration</li> <li>Reinvented global professional mission</li> <li>Towards a reinvented professional</li> <li>Professional associations</li> <li>Professional knowledge and education</li> <li>Looking to the future</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 4: Documents <ul> <li>We live in a web of documents</li> <li>Concept of genre</li> <li>Document analysis: The near and far, the side by side</li> <li>Documents and records as evidence</li> <li>Documents, information objects and metadata</li> <li>Document computing</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 5: Records <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Records and documents</li> <li>Reliable records and records as contingent objects</li> <li>Situating the document in records systems</li> <li>Case study: Registry systems</li> <li>Metadata</li> <li>Access</li> <li>Appraisal</li> <li>Conclusion: Records as static objects or dynamic objects</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 6: The archive <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Notion of an archive</li> <li>Archive in context: Organizations and business activities</li> <li>Needs of organizations</li> <li>Archive in changing organizational structures</li> <li>Administrative traditions and practices</li> <li>Record-creating entity and records management policies</li> <li>Relationship between organization and recordkeeping system</li> <li>Individuals and families</li> <li>Perspectives on the archive and the process of archiving</li> <li>Identity of an archive: Boundaries and meaning</li> <li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 7: The archives <ul> <li>Archival systems, frameworks and scalability</li> <li>Trusted systems and pluralization</li> <li>Description</li> <li>Appraisal</li> <li>Preservation</li> <li>Frameworks for public access</li> <li>Archival systems of the future</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 8: The records continuum <ul> <li>Introduction: The storage of activity-based information</li> <li>Spacetime distancing and information management processes</li> <li>Spacetime distancing and the expanding universe</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 9: Recordkeeping and accountability <ul> <li>Accountability of whom, for what, to whom?</li> <li>Recordkeepers as agents of accountability: What is their role?</li> <li>Recordkeepers as agents of accountability: Can they be trusted?</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 10: Recordkeeping and juridical governance <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Archival science, recordkeeping, law and the state</li> <li>Recordkeeping and juridical systems</li> <li>Records, social relationships and legal systems</li> <li>Archives and modern government</li> <li>Ethics of recordkeeping</li> <li>Archives within globalized networked communities</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 11: Recordkeeping and societal power <ul> <li>Power</li> <li>Records and archives</li> <li>Surveillance</li> <li>The archiving gaze</li> <li>Capturing people</li> <li>Controlling memories</li> <li>Human rights</li> <li>Refiguring archives</li> <li>The power of memories</li> <li>Records have power</li> <li>Subjects of the record</li> <li>Archivists have power</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 12: Archives and memory <ul> <li>Archives and memory: An undoubted connection</li> <li>Overstating the connection</li> <li>A broader and more qualified articulation</li> <li>The qualifications in practice</li> <li>Forgetting and the absence of archives</li> <li>Conclusion</li></ul></li> <li>About the next book</li> <li>Notes on contributors</li> <li>Index</li></ul>