Minds alive: libraries and archives now

by Demers, Patricia Samek, Toni

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Title Statements

Full title :Minds alive : libraries and archives now / edited by Patricia Demers and Toni Samek.

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."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781487531881, 1487531885, 9781487531898, 1487531893, 1487505272, 9781487505271
oclc:on1128823067
LC Classification:Z716.4
Dewey Decimal:021.2

Subjects

Archives Archives -- Aspect social Archives -- Social aspects Bibliothèques Bibliothèques -- Aspect social Bibliothèques et société Libraries Libraries -- Social aspects libraries (buildings) Libraries and community Libraries and society Relations bibliothèque-collectivité SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General