Mochocki, Michal, ed. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. 127 pp. ISBN 9781032411118; eBook ISBN 9781003356318. Reviewed by Cheryl Oestreicher, Professor/Head, Special Collections and Archives, Boise State University [PDF Full Text] When opportunities arise, I incorporate board games into class and patron visits. I especially like to show games to … Continue reading Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games
The Manager and the Archivist: Robert Bahmer’s Presidential Address and its Relevance Six Decades Later
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of Robert H. Bahmer, “The Management of Archival Institutions,” American Archivist 26, no. 1 (January 1, 1963): 3–10, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.26.1.8hh36103506q5305. By Caitlin Birch, Director of Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections, James Madison University Libraries [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] On October 1, 1962, … Continue reading The Manager and the Archivist: Robert Bahmer’s Presidential Address and its Relevance Six Decades Later
Ghosts of Archive: Deconstructive Intersectionality and Praxis
By Verne Harris. New York: Routledge, 2021. 166 pp. Softcover ISBN 9780367681142, Hardcover ISBN 9780367361075, eBook ISBN 9780429343827. Reviewed by Jenifer Monger, Institute Archivist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [PDF Full Text] As someone who has read Verne Harris’s numerous publications and watched him professionally from the sidelines (always in awe), I jumped at the opportunity to … Continue reading Ghosts of Archive: Deconstructive Intersectionality and Praxis
Found in a Pop Culture Landscape
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of William Maher, “Archives, Archivists, and Society,” American Archivist 61, no. 2 (Fall 1998): 252–65, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.61.2.f1555w1738v134n2. By Samantha Cross, POP Archives [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] The saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” and there is … Continue reading Found in a Pop Culture Landscape
Dictionary of Archives Terminology
https://dictionary.archivists.org/ Reviewed by Gregory K. Tharp, MLS, Adv. Cert., MCAC [PDF Full Text] In the ever-changing world of archives terminology, the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Dictionary of Archives Terminology (DAT) provides a resource to assist scholars, researchers, and archivists with understanding key concepts and terms that underpin archival work. As “North America’s oldest and … Continue reading Dictionary of Archives Terminology
Homo Archivalis Americanus: The Evolution of the American Archivist in the Age of Capital, 1956–2024
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of Ernst Posner, “What, Then, Is the American Archivist, This New Man?” American Archivist 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1957): 3–11, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.20.1.10h7186h04u21887. By Emma Barton-Norris, Processing Archivist at Bowdoin College Library [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] In Washington, DC, on October 12, … Continue reading Homo Archivalis Americanus: The Evolution of the American Archivist in the Age of Capital, 1956–2024
Trudy Peterson’s Speculation on the Textual in Archives in a Changing Literacy Landscape
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of Trudy Peterson, “Reading, ’Riting, and ’Rithmetic: Speculations on Change in Research Processes,” American Archivist 55, no. 3 (1992): 414–419, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.55.3.r34727q673748802. By Elliott Kuecker, Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [PDF Full Text] | [PDF … Continue reading Trudy Peterson’s Speculation on the Textual in Archives in a Changing Literacy Landscape
Disaster Planning
Disaster Planning for Special Libraries By Guy Robertson. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing, 2020. 320 pp. $78.95. eBook ISBN 9780081010501; Paperback ISBN 9780081009482. The Disaster Planning Handbook for Libraries By Mary Grace Flaherty. Chicago: American Library Association, 2021. 168 pp. $54.99; ALA members $49.49. Paperback ISBN 9780838937990. Reviewed by Katy Sternberger, CA, DAS; Archivist, Portsmouth Athenaeum … Continue reading Disaster Planning
Intergenerational Conversations 2024: SAA Presidential Addresses
By Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke, Reviews Co-Editors [PDF Full Text] “Archives are, by their nature, intergenerational voices. They allow our ancestors to speak to us and for us to speak to our descendants. Given this reality, archivists should value the messages that our predecessor comrades bring forward. . . . This series provides archivists … Continue reading Intergenerational Conversations 2024: SAA Presidential Addresses
Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators
By Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019. 294 pp. Hardcover $65.00. ISBN 9781940965154. Reviewed by Courtney M. Gillie, Project Archivist, The State Historical Society of Missouri [PDF Full Text] Mooring a Field by Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa is a thoughtful look into the sidelining of career conservators and preservationists like Paul Noble Banks. Banks … Continue reading Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators
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