{"product_id":"better-off-forgetting-9781442610804","title":"Better Off Forgetting","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 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)","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408348586327,"sku":"9781442610804","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/better-off-forgetting-9781442610804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}