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Minds Alive
Libraries and Archives Now
Patricia A. Demers (Edited by), Toni Samek (Edited by)
9781487505271
Hardback, published 20 December 2019
288 pages, 32 b&w illustrations
23.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.58 kg
Minds Alive explores the enduring role and intrinsic value of libraries, archives, and public institutions in the digital age. Featuring international contributors, this volume delves into libraries and archives as institutions and institutional partners, the professional responsibilities of librarians and archivists, and the ways in which librarians and archivists continue to respond to the networked age, digital culture, and digitization. The endless possibilities and robust importance of libraries and archives are at the heart of this optimistic collection. Topics include transformations in the networked digital age; Indigenous issues and challenges in custodianship, ownership, and access; the importance of the harmonization of memory institutions today; and the overarching significance of libraries and archives in the public sphere. Libraries and archives – at once public institutions providing both communal and private havens of discovery – are being repurposed and transformed in intercultural contexts. Only by keeping pace with users’ changing needs can they continue to provide the richest resources for an informed citizenry.
List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction I. Enduring Values Libraries: Why Bother? Academic Library Spaces, Digital Culture, and Communities The Public Library’s Enduring Importance II. Public Literacy and Private Oases Loss of the Social, Return of the Private: Acknowledging Public Failure in the Age of Boudoir Surplus Re-establishing Values, Constructing New Missions: The Value of the Modern Library in the Development of Information and Digital Literacy in Public Life III. Transformations and Resistance Libraries’ Shifting Roles and Responsibilities in the Networked Age The Interface of the Digital Library: The Perseus Digital Library as a Case Study Wanderbibliotheken: Travelling Books and DIY Libraries IV. Disciplinary and Institutional Partnerships Is Professionalism Still an Acceptable Goal for Archivists in the Global Digital Society? Digital Research with All Our Senses: How the Archivist, the Historian, and the Librarian Can Work Together on the New Frontier The Critical, Diverse (and Sometimes Neglected) Roles of Libraries and Archives in a Museum Setting V. Curation and Commons Beyond Place: Data Curation Possibilities for Post-custodial Archives and Libraries "The X-Files": The Truth is in the Archives, but Access is Restricted Works Cited
List of Abbreviations
Tami Oliphant, University of Alberta and Ali Shiri, University of Alberta
Patricia Demers, University of Alberta and Toni Samek, University of Alberta
Alice Crawford, University of St. Andrews
Guylaine Beaudry, Concordia University
Marc Kosciejew, Western University
Mario Hibert, University of Sarajevo
Konstantina Martzoukou, Robert Gordon University
Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law
Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta, Sarah Vela, Lisa M. Cerrato, Mihaela Ilovan, Stan Ruecker, Perseus Digital Library, and the INKE Research Group
Carolyn Guertin, Western University
Richard Cox, Comcast
Nigel Raab, Loyola Marymount University
Brendan Edwards, Royal Ontario Museum
Seamus Ross, University of Toronto
Frank J. Tough, University of Alberta
Contributors
Index