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Author Thomas, David, 1950- author.

Title The silence of the archive / David Thomas, Simon Fowler and Valerie Johnson.

Publication Info. London : Facet Publishing, 2017.
©2017

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Principles and practice in records management and archives
Principles and practice in records management and archives.
Contents Title page; Contents; Introduction to the Series by Geoffrey Yeo; About the authors; Foreword by Anne J. Gilliland; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Enforced silences; Chapter 2: Inappropriate expectations; Chapter 3: The digital; Chapter 4: Dealing with the silence; Chapter 5: Imagining archives; Chapter 6: Solutions to the silence; Chpater 7: Are things getting better or worse?; Index.
Summary This new book will provide a ground breaking discussion of a major but little considered issue - the silence of the archive: why archives, sometimes seen as the repositories of truth, often fail to satisfy users because they do not contain information which they expect to find.
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Subject Archives -- Acquisitions.
Archives -- Acquisitions.
Appraisal of archival materials.
Appraisal of archival materials.
Records retention.
Records retention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 1783301554 9781783301553 (OCoLC)949751372
ISBN 9781783301577 (electronic book)
1783301570 (electronic book)
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