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Keeping Archives™ (3rd edition)

Pub Date: 2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN(13): 978-0-9803352-4-8
Price (US): $189.00
Price (Outside US): AU$130 (incl. GST)

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Keeping Archives

The Australian Society of Archivists Inc. (ASA) is proud to present its flagship publication, Keeping Archives, 3rd Edition (KA3).

Keeping Archives 3 builds upon the foundations of its legendary predecessors by providing practical guidance for addressing many of the real-life challenges faced when working with archival records. KA3’s balance of practical information and recordkeeping theory and concepts will assist recordkeepers new to the profession and others with responsibility for managing archival records. It is also a handy resource for professional archivists working in specialist areas where they have little experience or for those simply seeking to update their professional knowledge.

Keeping Archives 3 provides information, guidance and skills to professionally manage legacy collections and backlogs while also facing the challenge of proactively working across the records continuum. It demystifies the myriad of recordkeeping standards, methodologies, theories and concepts using a number of case studies and real-life scenarios. Topics covered in KA3 include:

  • Introducing Archives and Archivists
  • Getting Started
  • Buildings & Storage
  • Appraisal & Disposal
  • Managing Acquisitions
  • Accessioning
  • Arrangement & Description
  • Access & Reference
  • Finding Aids
  • Documentation Programs
  • Using Computers
  • Digitisation & Imaging
  • Advocacy & Outreach
  • Digital Recordkeeping and
  • Managing More than Paper: Maps & Plans, Photographs, Objects, and Sound Recordings & Moving Images.

KA3 has been prepared by an editorial team comprising of Jackie Bettington, Kim Eberhard, Rowena Loo and Clive Smith. Each chapter has been written by recognised subject matter experts in the chapter topic and richly illustrated with photographs, diagrams and cartoons. To complement the book a CD containing reference material, checklists and templates for easy re-use is included. Further information about KA3 and order forms are available at www.archivists.org.au.

Published in association with the Australian Society of Archivists. First edition published 1987.

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