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Book SynopsisWhile stimulating debate about our rapidly changing information environment, Better Off Forgetting? focuses on the continuing role of archives in gathering and preserving our collective memory.
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Cheryl Avery (University of Saskatchewan Archives) and Mona Holmlund (University of Saskatchewan) PART I: History of Funding * Pennies from Heaven: The History of Public Funding for Canadian Archives by Marion Beyea (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick) * Lady Sings the Blues: The Public Funding of Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Canada by Shelley Sweeney (University of Manitoba Archives) PART II: Access and Privacy * Access-to-Information Legislation: A Critical Analysis by Jo-Ann Munn Gafuik (University of Calgary) * Privacy: A Look at the Disenfranchized by Doug Surtees (University of Saskatchewan) * The Laurier Promise: Securing Public Access to Historic Census Materials in Canada by Terry Cook (University of Manitoba) and Bill Waiser (University of Saskatchewan) PART III: The Digital Age * Search vs. Research: Full-Text Repositories, Granularity, and the Concept of 'Source' in the Digital Environment by Robert Cole (University of Alberta) and Chris Hackett (University of Alberta) * Preserving Digital History: Costs and Consequences by Yvette Hackett (National Archives of Canada) PART IV: Accountability and the Public Sphere * Archives, Democratic Accountability, and Truth by Terry Eastwood (University of British Columbia) * Archivists and Public Affairs: Towards a New Archival Public Programming by Tom Nesmith (University of Manitoba) PART V: Resource for the Present * Reconciliation in Regions Affected by Armed Conflict: The Role of Archives - Tom Adami (United Nations Mission in Sudan) and Martha Hunt (United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) * Bridging Us to Us: An Argument for the Importance of Archivists in Current Politics and Journalism - Robert Steiner (University of Toronto)
