Thomas, David, Simon Fowler, Valerie Johnson. The Silence of the Archive. Neal-Schuman, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1640-7
Description
This books seeks to answer the question: Why do archives, sometimes seen as the repositories of truth, often fail to satisfy users because they do not contain information which they expect to find? The book examines the causes, responses, and implications both for researchers and for the archive itself.
Table of Contents
PART I: REASONS FOR THE SILENCES
1. Enforced silences
2. Inappropriate selection
3. Inappropriate expectations
PART II: RESPONSES TO THE SILENCES
4. Dealing with the silence
5. Fictionalizing and worse
PART III: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
6. Possible solutions
7. The meaning of the silences
