Category: Preservation & Archiving
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Searching for Queer Miami
I thought it might be appropriate to begin my first HASTAC Scholars post with a look at my present UGrow fellowship with HistoryMiami Museum. This year, in lieu of teaching, I have spent two days a week at HistoryMiami, primarily assisting the archives department with cleaning the metadata for their digital records in preparation for a […]
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Grant Writing and Digital Projects
Ode to the beloved grant application–being forced to engage in that awkward dance of showcasing your brilliant project proposal while featuring why you, with all of your skills and experience, are the ideal candidate to execute your project without gloating too much or simply regurgitating your CV in narrative form. Though most seem to sigh and groan […]
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Valuable insight into social tagging as a form of linked data
Facet Publishing announce the release of Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment, edited by Dr Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Dr Louise Spiteri Social tagging (including hashtags) is used over platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress, Tumblr and YouTube across countries and cultures meaning that one single hashtag can link information from a variety […]
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Information Rights for Records Managers
Facet Publishing have announced the release of Information Rights for Records Managers by Rachel Maguire, Records Manager and Data Protection Officer at the London School of Economics. Information Rights is a term covering legislation that allows the request of information from a public sector organisation. This book will help records managers, information managers, archivists and […]
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New edition of Philip Hider’s essential information organization textbook
Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second edition of Information Resource Description: Creating and managing metadata. The second edition of Information Resource Description provides an overview of the range of activities and the products of these activities collectively referred to as ‘information organization’ and will be ideal for LIS students, information professionals wishing […]
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New edition of the go-to reference for students and RIM professionals
Facet Publishing announce the publication of Records and Information Management, 2nd edition by Patricia C Franks. The first edition of Records and Information Management was described by Archives and Records as, ‘a valuable up to date combined textbook and reference book which will enhance its readers’ knowledge irrespective of their place on the career ladder’. […]
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New book imagines the archive of the future
Facet Publishing announce the publication of Archival Futures edited by Caroline Brown. It is widely acknowledged that the archival discipline is facing a time of change. The digital world has presented changes in how records are created, used, stored and communicated. At the same time, there is increased public debate over issues such as ownership […]
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Geoffrey Yeo investigates the relationships between information, data and records
Facet Publishing announce the release of Records, Information and Data: Exploring the role of record-keeping in an information culture by Geoffrey Yeo. In a society that increasingly emphasizes digital information and data, questions arise about the place of longer-established concepts such as records and archives. Records, Information and Data sets out to investigate the relationships […]
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Delis Negrón Digital Archive
The Delis Negrón Digital Archive captures the life and legacy of Delis Negrón, born in 1901 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, and who was director, editor, poet, […]
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New edition of the essential textbook for collection development and management in libraries
Facet Publishing have announced the release of the fourth edition of Peggy Johnson’s Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management. Peggy Johnson has revised and fully updated this textbook to provide a timely and valuable new resource for LIS students and professionals. Each chapter offers complete introductory coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, […]