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Archives & Memory
Writing on archives, records, memory, society, justice, accountability, and other archival concerns.
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Accountability and Totalitarian Records
Accountability and Totalitarian Records
Records have helped to keep governments accountable and to restore the social fabric following totalitarian atrocities.
Kenna Howat
Dec 14, 2014
Play/back: The Challenge to Select in Audio Archives
Play/back: The Challenge to Select in Audio Archives
The National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored “Play/back,” a symposium on audiovisual preservation, on September 30, 2016. As one of…
Jesse Johnston
Oct 14, 2016
Archival “discoveries” — fantastic finds or signs of a field in need of help?
Archival “discoveries” — fantastic finds or signs of a field in nee...
What’s in the archives? What does it mean if we can’t find things?
CD Couture
Dec 14, 2014
Caught On Tape: Police Accountability and the Role of Records
Caught On Tape: Police Accountability and the Role of Records
“On most weeks we have reviewed instances when archives and records have surfaced in the news and current events, both nationally and…
Kate Mersiovsky
Dec 14, 2014
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Evaluating MPLP
Can archives be made accessible more quickly even when collections are increasing exponentially?
Kenna Howat
Dec 14, 2014
The Pros and Cons of “MPLP”
Archives may provide access to the exponentially increasing body of archival records, but not without challenges.
Kate Mersiovsky
Dec 14, 2014
More Product, Less Process — When Less is More
CD Couture
Dec 14, 2014
Tradition versus Digital in Archives
The traditional notions of archives are not changing, but expanding in the age of new media, electronic records and “non-textual” materials.
Allison Lindsey
Dec 10, 2014
Public Outreach as an Archival Function
How can archives more effectively reach potential users and make their materials more accessible?
Allison Lindsey
Nov 6, 2014
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