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Author: Kate Theimer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.308kg
ISBN: 9780810890978
ISBN 10: 0810890976
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 22 May 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Kate Theimer has given us a very timely and very useful book. In an area such as outreach, which does not lend itself to standard methods, diverse case studies are the best way to share successful approaches that also meet Theimer's criteria for innovation and transferability. The mix of cases relying on online-only activities with others using face-to-face techniques offer rich possibilities for repositories varied in outreach experience, resources, objectives and audiences. -- Larry Hackman, former director of Truman Presidential Library, State Archivist of New York, and editor of Many Happy Returns: Advocacy and the Development of Archives Archivists are connectors, always trying to hook up the diverse resources in their collections with all sorts of people for uses both known and imagined. This new book, edited by Kate Theimer, describes a dozen ways in which archivists are using innovative strategies to expand the understanding and uses of archives, regardless of people's prior familiarity with them. Whether it's through crawling, crowdsourcing, social media, or even seances, the clear message in this book is that archives are for everyone and archivists can be creative in getting archives into as many new hands as possible. -- Terry Baxter, Archivist, Multnomah County (OR) Archives
Kate Theimer has given us a very timely and very useful book. In an area such as outreach, which does not lend itself to standard methods, diverse case studies are the best way to share successful approaches that also meet Theimer's criteria for innovation and transferability. The mix of cases relying on online-only activities with others using face-to-face techniques offer rich possibilities for repositories varied in outreach experience, resources, objectives, and audiences. -- Larry Hackman, former director of Truman Presidential Library, State Archivist of New York, and editor of Many Happy Returns: Advocacy and the Development of Archives Archivists are connectors, always trying to hook up the diverse resources in their collections with all sorts of people for uses both known and imagined. This new book, edited by Kate Theimer, describes a dozen ways in which archivists are using innovative strategies to expand the understanding and uses of archives, regardless of people's prior familiarity with them. Whether it's through crawling, crowdsourcing, social media, or even seances, the clear message in this book is that archives are for everyone and archivists can be creative in getting archives into as many new hands as possible. -- Terry Baxter, Archivist, Multnomah County (OR) Archives
Author Information
Kate Theimer is the author of the popular blog ArchivesNext and a frequent writer, speaker and commentator on issues related to the future of archives. She is the author of Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections and the editor of A Different Kind of Web: New Connections between Archives and Our Users, as well having contributed chapters to Many Happy Returns: Advocacy for Archives and Archivists, The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping, and the Encyclopedia of Archival Science. She has published articles in the American Archivist and the Journal of Digital Humanities. Kate served on the Council of the Society of American Archivists from 2010 to 2013. Before starting her career as an independent writer and editor, she worked in the policy division of the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland. She holds an MSI with a specialization in archives and records management from the University of Michigan and an MA in art history from the University of Maryland. Kate Theimer is the 2014 recipient of the Society of American Archivists’ Spotlight Award. The Spotlight Award recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the profession and archives collections—work that does not typically receive public recognition. Since 2011, Theimer has used Facebook, Twitter, and her blog to raise money for Spontaneous Scholarships that help unemployed, underemployed, and underfunded archivists to attend SAA’s Annual Meeting. The first year the scholarships were offered Theimer raised $5,504 to assist 18 students and 8 SAA members at the full registration rate; the program continued in 2012 and 2013 resulting in a total of more than $20,000 in donations and almost one hundred archivists assisted over the first three years. Theimer recently launched a campaign to raise funds for the 2014 scholarships.
