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Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions, Paperback / softback Book

Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions Paperback / softback

Edited by Jordan Landes, Richard Espley

Paperback / softback

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Do archivists `curate' history? And to what extent are our librarians the gatekeepers of knowledge?Libraries and archives have a long and rich history of compiling `radical collections'- from Klanwatch Project in the States to the R.

D. Laing Archive in Glasgow- but a re-examination of the information professions and all aspects of managing those collections is long overdue. This book is the result of a critical conference held at Senate House Library in 2017.

The conference provided a space to debate the issues and ethics of collection development, management and promotion.

This book brings together some key papers from those proceedings.

It shines a light on pressing topical issues within library and information services (LIS)- to encompass selection, appraisal and accession, through to organisation and classification, and including promotion and use.

Will libraries survive as victims of neoliberal marketization?

Do we have a responsibility to collect and document `white hate' in the era of Trump? And how can a predominantly white (96.7%) LIS workforce effectively collect and tell POC histories?

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