The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies (JCAS) announces the publication of volume 6, article 6, "Archivists and Time: Conceptions of Time and Long-Term Information Preservation among Archivists," written by Reine Rydén of Uppsala University.
Download the article: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol6/iss1/6.
Abstract: The issue of preserving information about nuclear waste for an extremely long period of time raises questions about ways to transmit knowledge to future generations. There is an ongoing discussion about the design of a message and the sustainability of different storage media. Information preservation in the really long term is, however, only partly a matter of technology; it is just as much about thought patterns. Since the work of archivists plays a key role, it is important to find out how archivists think about time and whether they have more developed conceptions of time and the future than other people. This study examines how archivists think about the role of archives, the implications of long-term information preservation, manageable time distances, and the nature of time.
JCAS is a peer-reviewed, open access journal sponsored by the New England Archivists, Yale University Library, and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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