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Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions
Contributor(s): Landes, Jordan (Editor), Espley, Richard (Editor)
ISBN: 1913002004     ISBN-13: 9781913002008
Publisher: University of London Press
OUR PRICE:   $20.78  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Collection Development
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Library Skills
Dewey: 020
LCCN: 2018438343
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.39 lbs) 90 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Do archivists 'curate' history? And to what extent are our librarians the gatekeepers of knowledge?

Libraries and archives have a long and rich history of compiling 'radical collections'- from Klanwatch Project in the States to the R. D. Laing Archive in Glasgow- but a re-examination of the information professions and all aspects of managing those collections is long overdue.

This book is the result of a critical conference held at Senate House Library in 2017. The conference provided a space to debate the issues and ethics of collection development, management and promotion.

This book brings together some key papers from those proceedings. It shines a light on pressing topical issues within library and information services (LIS)- to encompass selection, appraisal and accession, through to organisation and classification, and including promotion and use. Will libraries survive as victims of neoliberal marketization? Do we have a responsibility to collect and document 'white hate' in the era of Trump? And how can a predominantly white (96.7%) LIS workforce effectively collect and tell POC histories?