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Minds Alive : Libraries and Archives Now
Title
Minds Alive : Libraries and Archives Now / ed. by Toni Samek, Patricia A. Demers.
ISBN
9781487531881
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (288 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
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Summary
Minds Alive explores the enduring role and intrinsic value of libraries, archives, and public institutions in the digital age. Featuring international contributors, this volume delves into libraries and archives as institutions and institutional partners, the professional responsibilities of librarians and archivists, and the ways in which librarians and archivists continue to respond to the networked age, digital culture, and digitization. The endless possibilities and robust importance of libraries and archives are at the heart of this optimistic collection. Topics include transformations in the networked digital age; Indigenous issues and challenges in custodianship, ownership, and access; the importance of the harmonization of memory institutions today; and the overarching significance of libraries and archives in the public sphere. Libraries and archives - at once public institutions providing both communal and private havens of discovery - are being repurposed and transformed in intercultural contexts. Only by keeping pace with users' changing needs can they continue to provide the richest resources for an informed citizenry.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Enduring Values
1. Libraries - Why Bother?
2. Academic Library Spaces, Digital Culture, and Communities
3. The Public Library's Enduring Importance
Part II: Public Literacy and Private Oases
4. Loss of the Social, Return of the Private: Acknowledging Public Failure in the Age of Boudoir Surplus
5. Re-establishing Values, Constructing New Missions: The Value of the Modern Library in the Development of Digital and Information Literacy in Public Life
Part III: Transformations and Resistance
6. Libraries' Shifting Roles and Responsibilities in the Networked Age
7. The Interface of the Digital Library: The Perseus Digital Library as a Case Study
8. Wanderbibliotheken : Travelling Books and DIY Libraries
Part IV: Disciplinary and Institutional Partnerships
9. Is Professionalism Still an Acceptable Goal for Archivists in the Global Digital Society?
10. Digital Research with All Our Senses: How the Archivist, the Historian, and the Librarian Can Work Together on the New Frontier
11. The Critical, yet Often Misunderstood, Functions of a Library and Archives in a Museum Setting
Part V: Curation and Commons
12. Beyond Place: Data Curation Possibilities for Post-custodial Archives and Libraries
13. "The X-Files": The Truth Is in the Archives, but Access Is Restricted
Works Cited
Contributors
Index
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