General Information

Language

English.

Published

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2020.

Physical Description

xvi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contributor

Demers, Patricia, 1946- (editor.)

Samek, Toni, 1964- (editor.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"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 of an informed citizenry."--

Subjects

Subject

Libraries and society.

Libraries and community.

Libraries > Social aspects.

Archives > Social aspects.

Libraries.

Archives.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Patricia Demers and Toni Samek.

Content

Foreword / Oliphant, Tami / Shiri, Ali -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Demers, Patricia / Samek, Toni -- Part I: Enduring Values. 1. Libraries : why bother? / Crawford, Alice -- 2. Academic library spaces, digital culture, and communities / Beaudry, Guylaine -- 3. The public library's enduring importance / Kosciejew, Marc -- Part II: Public Literacy and Private Oases. 4. Loss of the social, return of the private : acknowledging public failure in the age of boudoir surplus / Hibert, Mario -- 5. Re-establishing values, constructing new missions : the value of the modern library in the development of digital and information literacy in public life / Martzoukou, Konstantina -- Part III: Transformations and Resistance. 6. Libraries' shifting roles and responsibilities in the networked age / Carroll, Michael W. -- 7. The interface of the digital library : the Perseus Digital Library as a case study / Rockwell, Geoffrey; Vela, Sarah; Cerrato, Lisa M.; Ilovan, Mihaela; Ruecker, Stan -- 8. Wanderbibliotheken : travelling books and DIY libraries / Guertin, Carolyn -- Part IV: Disciplinary and Institutional Partnerships. 9. Is professionalism still an acceptable goal for archivists in the global digital society? / Cox, Richard J. -- 10. Digital research with all our senses : how the archivist, the historian, and the librarian can work together on the new frontier / Raab, Nigel -- 11. The critical, yet often misunderstood, functions of a library and archives in a museum setting / Edwards, Brendan F.R. -- Part V: Curation and Commons. 12. Beyond place : data curation possibilities for post-custodial archives and libraries / Ross, Seamus -- 13. "The X-Files" : the truth is in the archives, but access Is restricted / Tough, Frank J.

ISBN

9781487505271

1487505272

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Archival, library and information sciences collection	021.2 DEM		Reference	-

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