Closing an era : historical perspectives on modern archives and records management / Richard J. Cox.

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9780313001451

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Author:

Cox, Richard J.

Personal Author:

Cox, Richard J.

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages).

Series:

New directions in information management, no. 35

Contents:

Mythic modem origins and the history of records management -- The birth of records management: the ancients to the dawn of the industrial age -- The birth of the modem records regime and profession -- Building a national system of records administration -- Shifting strategies in appraising, scheduling, and maintaining records -- Archives, records, and memory -- Educating records professionals in a hostile age -- Archives, documentary editing, and the quarrel about preserving our documentary heritage -- History's future: American archivists, cyberculture, and stasis -- Index.

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Subject Term:

Archives -- United States -- Administration -- History.

Records -- United States -- Management -- History.

Archivists -- United States -- History.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2000

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

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The importance of records in modern society is explored by re-examining some of the historical antecedents for critical functions in the modern records professions. The motivation for writing this book comes from a conviction of the importance of records and records professionals in organizations and society, as well as the need to possess a stronger sense of the events, trends, people, debates, and controversies producing the modern records professions.Archivists and records managers have tended to discount the importance of their historical antecedents, ignoring the fact that many of the current debates and issues before the profession are not new but embedded in the historical evolution of the records professions. Re-examining some of the historical origins helps records professionals to re-examine their mission to manage records for the benefit of organizations and of all of society. Such re-evaluation also helps to remind records professionals and others that the concerns generated by new electronic recordkeeping technologies are not new at all but built deep within the fabric of traditional records creation and administration.

Author Notes

RICHARD J. COX is Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Science./e

Copyright Acknowledgments	p. v
Preface	p. ix
1 Mythic Modern Origins and the History of Records Management	p. 1
2 The Birth of Records Management: The Ancients to the Dawn of the Industrial Age	p. 23
3 The Birth of the Modern Records Regime and Profession	p. 45
4 Building a National System of Records Administration	p. 65
5 Shifting Strategies in Appraising, Scheduling, and Maintaining Records	p. 91
6 Archives, Records, and Memory	p. 127
7 Educating Records Professionals in a Hostile Age	p. 159
8 Archives, Documentary Editing, and the Quarrel about Preserving Our Documentary Heritage	p. 197
9 History's Future: American Archivists, Cyberculture, and Stasis	p. 223
Index	p. 243
About the Author	p. 253

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