Over the last couple of years the issue of archives and
records management research has been raised in several
different forums - through the Arts & Humanities Research
Board's apparent willingness to fund it, through its
appearance in the MLAC consultation document and not least
in the attempts of the Society of Archivists and other
interested professionals to define it at all.
In this context LUCAS is delighted to announce the
publication of "New Directions in Archival Research" which
we hope goes some way to answer the question, "What is
'research' in archives?". Edited by Margaret Procter
and Dr C P Lewis, the book includes four of the most
thought-provoking dissertations from 1998 LUCAS graduates
which illustrate the potential range of professional
research. In addition Professor Michael Moss of Glasgow
University charts the relationships between archivists,
historians and librarians and sets out the current
challenges for archivists in the new digital environment -
challenges which can only be addressed through a coherent
research agenda.
The topics addressed range from an assessment of the
archivists' role and position, to a consideration of what
archivists manage (in an investigation into the collection
literary archives); through to an investigation into their
fetishistic motives for doing so. Our more traditional
research interests are demonstrated in a review of sources
for the history of a Cheshire church and the society
around it.
*Contents*
Prof Michael Moss (University of Glasgow) "The scent of
the slow hound and the snap of a bull-dog - the place of
research in the archival profession";
Helen Wood "The Fetish of the document - an exploration
of attitudes toward archives"; Judy Dicken "Twentieth
Century Literary Archives: collecting policies and research
initiatives in the twentieth century"; Anne Locker "Should
Archivists be professionals?"; Jan Wood "Disley from
chantry to parish: sources for the history of Anglican
chapels"
Available from:
LUCAS, PO Box 123, 9 Abercromby Sq, Liverpool L69 7WZ
Price £7.50 (£5.95 LUCAS members) incl p&p
ISBN 0 9537963 0 2
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Margaret Procter
LUCAS
9 Abercromby Sq
PO Box 123
Liverpool L69 7WZ
Tel: 0151 794 5675
Fax: 0151 794 5417
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