November 26, 2009 (New York, NY) – Records – through their formation, collection, maintenance, and use – are pivotal pieces in constructing a community and shaping collective memory. Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory, to be released in North America by Neal-Schuman Publishers on January 15, 2010, guides archives and records management professionals to effectively select and maintain the material evidence that best serves their communities.

Editors Jeannette A. Bastian and Ben Alexander assemble an experienced and insightful group of international contributors to provide content that is highly practical and broad in scope. Each of the book’s five parts covers the critical implications of capture, appraisal, and documentation through a collection of real life examples. Readers will find a special focus on recent advances in technology and the significant roles these new tools play in overcoming traditional obstacles and creating new virtual communities.

Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory begins by exploring an important community archives model, followed in Part Two by an outline of non-traditional recordkeeping across different communities, including oral traditions and memories. Part Three covers records loss, destruction, and recovery, including living archives and construction through collective memory. Part Four offers an in-depth look into the ways online communities and new technologies can build links between communities and their records, and includes examples of sound archives and blogs. The collection concludes with guidance for building a community archive and an examination of the archivist’s role in the community.

Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory is an essential resource for archivists, records managers, museum professionals, researchers, and academics in the archives and records community as well as to historians and sociologists concerned with community building.

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Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory
ISBN 978-1-85604-639-8. 2010. 6 x 9. 224 pp. $89.95

About the Editors
Jeannette A. Bastian is Associate Professor and Director of the Archives Program Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston.
Ben Alexander is Assistant Professor, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The City University of New York.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers and Facet Publishing
Facet Publishing titles are exclusively available in the United States through Neal-Schuman Publishers, a leading provider of library management, Internet, and information technology resources. Facet is the imprint of the prestigious Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (formerly the British Library Association). Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK.

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