Overview
The best archival thinking and debate in Canada are reflected in this careful selection of previously published essays.
Full Product Details
Author: Tom Nesmith
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Volume: No. 4
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.10cm
Weight: 0.758kg
ISBN: 9780810826601
ISBN 10: 0810826607
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 01 March 1993
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
...should be acquired by any library that supports archival education programs at any level, including archives courses in graduate schools of library science and history...the finest essays...highly recommended. Collection Management How splendid to have these important articles from the Association of Canadian Archivists...journal Archivaria brought together in one volume... Int. Journal Of Information and Library Research ...clearly this work serves as a handy, one-volume book of reading on archival history and theory in Canada. This volume should be in every academic library, and especially in those offering archival courses. This is a welcome addition to today's archival literature. American Archivist ...interesting and wide ranging in their content and...to be recommended to British archival theory in its international context and to re-examine the basic principle of our professional work from a number of different angles. Journal Of The Society Of Archivists ...an important contribution to the recent and growing literature on the subject...an important volume...those interested in reviewing the archival literature on the evolution of archival thinking in Canada cannot do much better than this primer. Epilogue ...will interest American as well as Canadian readers. Library Quarterly
...should be acquired by any library that supports archival education programs at any level, including archives courses in graduate schools of library science and history...the finest essays...highly recommended. Collection Management How splendid to have these important articles from the Association of Canadian Archivists...journal Archivaria brought together in one volume... Journal of Information and Library Research ...clearly this work serves as a handy, one-volume book of reading on archival history and theory in Canada. This volume should be in every academic library, and especially in those offering archival courses. This is a welcome addition to today's archival literature. The American Archivist ...interesting and wide ranging in their content and...to be recommended to British archival theory in its international context and to re-examine the basic principle of our professional work from a number of different angles. Journal Of The Society Of Archivists ...an important contribution to the recent and growing literature on the subject...an important volume...those interested in reviewing the archival literature on the evolution of archival thinking in Canada cannot do much better than this primer. Epilogue ...will interest American as well as Canadian readers. The Library Quarterly
...should be acquired by any library that supports archival education programs at any level, including archives courses in graduate schools of library science and history...the finest essays...highly recommended. Collection Management How splendid to have these important articles from the Association of Canadian Archivists...journal Archivaria brought together in one volume... Journal of Information and Library Research ...clearly this work serves as a handy, one-volume book of reading on archival history and theory in Canada. This volume should be in every academic library, and especially in those offering archival courses. This is a welcome addition to today's archival literature. American Archivist ...interesting and wide ranging in their content and...to be recommended to British archival theory in its international context and to re-examine the basic principle of our professional work from a number of different angles. Journal Of The Society Of Archivists ...an important contribution to the recent and growing literature on the subject...an important volume...those interested in reviewing the archival literature on the evolution of archival thinking in Canada cannot do much better than this primer. Epilogue ...will interest American as well as Canadian readers. The Library Quarterly
Author Information
Tom Nesmith is Associate Professor of Archival Studies, Dept. of History, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg. He was previously an archivist at the National Archives of Canada (1978-1990) and general editor of Archivia.
