Emerging Trends in Archival Science

Download or read book Emerging Trends in Archival Science written by Karen F. Gracy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Trends in Archival Science provides readers with an excellent overview of the variety and scope of current scholarly thinking in archival science. A new generation of thinkers is making the case for the importance of archives for addressing grand societal challenges such as peace and security, human rights, and adaptation to technological change in the information society. These emergent archival scholars are bringing fresh insights about the nature of the archival endeavor and the role of archives in preserving evidence of an increasingly complex and diverse society. They are thinking about how people create, manage, and interact with records and how the next generation of archivists can best be equipped to handle the recordkeeping challenges of the twenty-first century.