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Social Justice Sampler SAA SAAMPLER SAA SAASAMPLER MPLER LAWSOCIAL & ETHICS LAW & LAW & 6” 11/16” LAW6” JU &S TICE6” ETHICS.78” 6” PRIVACY & CONFIDENTIALITY PERSPECTIVES MPLER “ Today, legal issues are pervading archival administration more intensively and in more areas ETHICS ETHICS than ever before. Fortunately, a superb new manual, Navigating Legal Issues in Archives, “Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives brings together a diverse selection of thoughtful and provocative essays that explore the legal, ethical, written by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt and published by the Society of American Archivists, is now administrative, and institutional considerations that shape archival available to guide archivists in facing such problems. While its predecessor, Archives and debates concerning the administration of access to records containing Manuscripts: Law, by Gary and Trudy Peterson, served the last generation well, the current personal information. It is essential reading for archivists, records impact of the law on archives has changed in both detail and extent. The coverage of this new managers, archival educators and students who wish to gain a deeper under-standing of this difficult archival issue—and it is bound to stimu- book reflects these changes well—its presentation is clear, thorough, and well-documented. late broader reflection and debate.” 9” The organization, index, and notes make the book easy to use and give assurance to its quality. — Nadine Strossen Its author and publisher are to be commended for an outstanding aid to their profession.” President, American Civil Liberties Union, and ORRIS OHEN Professor of Law, New York Law School – M L. C 9” ARCHIVISTS & ARCHIVAL RECORDS Professor Emeritus of Law, and Librarian (Retired), Yale Law School “Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives fills a crucial void in the corpus of archival literature. Based upon the knowledge and experience of “ There are legal aspects to almost every function an archivist performs: accessioning, professionals who already have been forced to navigate their way through processing, access, and even preservation. Navigating Legal Issues in Archives is the single the maze of competing interests and the seemingly contradictory best introduction to the most problematic legal concerns of archivists. In our increasingly precedents, the readings describe situations to which archivists from any type of repository can relate. Archival educators especially will find litigious age, every repository should have a copy for reference, and every archivist should this anthology a gold mine of current information that can be used to keep a copy near at hand.” stimulate thought and discussion in classes and help to prepare the next generation of archivists for the challenges they will face.” Edited by Book Title Book Title – PETER B. HIRTLE Technology Strategist and CUL Intellectual Property Officer, Cornell University Library — Timothy L. Ericson Director of Archival Studies, Peter J. Wosh Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Goes Here Goes Here ISBN 1-931666-28-8 Browse archives titles at www.archivists.org/catalog Browse archives titles at www.archivists.org/catalog PMS 728 Pantone Process Black Navigating Legal Issues The Ethical Archivist Privacy & Confidentiality in Archives Chapter 5 Perspectives : Archivists & Book Title Book“Case Study: Title The Cigarette Papers.” Book Title Chapter Archives 21 Power: Memory, Political Pressure and the ArchivalArchives Records and Justice: A “Copyright & Related Rights Issues: by Elena S. Danielson Goes Here Goes Here GoesChapter 10Here Book Title Book Title Permissions,Accountability, Releases, and Music, Social and Archival Record South African Perspective “Balancing Privacy and Access: JusticeMoral Rights.” “The Role of the Archives in “Contesting Remembering and Opening the Mississippi State Goes Here Goes Here Protecting the Record from Forgetting: The Archive of South by“Resisting Menzi L. Political Behrnd-Klodt Power” Sovereignty Commission Records.” Political Pressure” Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation By Randall C. Jimerson By Chris Hurley byCommission” Sarah Rowe-Sims, Sandra Boyd, and H.T. Holmes By Verne Harris Compiled with an Introduction Compiledby with Lisa an A. IntroductionMix by Kathryn Michaelis and Nicole Milano Book Title Book Title Goes Here Goes Here SAA SAMPLER i SAA SAAMPLER SAA SAASAMPLER MPLER About the SAA Sampler Series The SAA Sampler Series features collections of select chapters from authoritative books on archives published by the Society of American Archivists. Produced exclusively electronically, the samplers are designed to give readers an overview LAWof a pertinent topic as well& as a taste of theETHICS full publications, which are available at www.archivists.org/bookstore. The content has been reproduced as it appeared LAW & LAW & in layout in the original books. Blue footer has been added to reflect page 6” 11/16” LAW6” & 6” ETHICS.78” 6” numbering for this compilation. PRIVACY & CONFIDENTIALITY PERSPECTIVES MPLER “ Today, legal issues are pervading archival administration more intensively and in more areas ETHICS ETHICS than ever before. Fortunately, a superb new manual, Navigating Legal Issues in Archives, Social “PrivacyJustice and Confidentiality Perspectives brings together a Contentsdiverse selection of thoughtful and provocative essays that explore the legal, ethical, written by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt and published by the Society of American Archivists, is now administrative, and institutional considerations that shape archival available to guide archivists in facing such problems. While its predecessor, Archives and debates concerning the administration of access to records containing Manuscripts: Law, by Gary and Trudy Peterson, served the last generation well, the current personal information. It is essential reading for archivists, records impact of the law on archives has changed in both detail and extent. The coverage of this new managers, archival educators and students who wish to gain a deeper under-standing of this difficult archival issue—and it is bound to stimu- book reflects these changes well—its presentation is clear, thorough, and well-documented. late broader reflection and debate.” 9” The organization, index, and notes make the book easy to use and give assurance to its quality. Introduction to the Social Justice— Nadine Strossen Sampler 1 Its author and publisher are to be commended for an outstanding aid to their profession.” President, American Civil Liberties Union, and ORRIS OHEN Professor of Law, New York Law School – M L. C 9” ARCHIVISTS & ARCHIVAL RECORDS Professor Emeritus of Law, and Librarian (Retired), Yale Law School by Kathryn Michaelis and Nicole Milano “Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives fills a crucial void in the corpus of archival literature. Based upon the knowledge and experience of “ There are legal aspects to almost every function an archivist performs: accessioning, professionals who already have been forced to navigate their way through processing, access, and even preservation. Navigating Legal Issues in Archives is the single the maze of competing interests and the seemingly contradictory best introduction to the most problematic legal concerns of archivists. In our increasingly precedents, the readings describe situations to which archivists from any type of repository can relate. Archival educators especially will find litigious age, every repository should have a copy for reference, and every archivist should this anthology a gold mine of current information that can be used to keep a copy near at hand.” “Resisting Political Power,”stimulate from thought and Archives discussion in classes and helpPower: to prepare the Memory, Accountability, next generation of archivists for the challenges they will face.” Edited by Book Title Book Title – PETER B. HIRTLE Technology Strategist and CUL Intellectual Property Officer, Cornell University Library — Timothy L. Ericson and Social Justice Director of Archival Studies, Peter J. Wosh Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt 5 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee by Randall C Jimerson Goes Here Goes Here ISBN 1-931666-28-8 Browse archives titles at www.archivists.org/catalog Browse archives titles at www.archivists.org/catalog “The Role of the Archives in Protecting the Record from Political Pressure,” from Political Pressure and the Archival Record PMS 728 Pantone Process 73 Black Navigating Legal Issues The Ethical Archivist Privacy & Confidentiality by Chris Hurley in Archives Chapter 5 Perspectives : Archivists & Book Title Book“Case Study: Title The Cigarette Papers.” Book Title Chapter“Contesting 21 Remembering and Forgetting: The ArchiveArchival of South Records Africa’s “Copyright & Related Rights Issues: by Elena S. Danielson Goes Here Goes Here GoesChapter 10Here Book Title Book Title Permissions, Releases, Music, and Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” from Archives and“Balancing Justice: Privacy A South and Access: Moral Rights.” African Perspective Opening the Mississippi State95 Goes Here Goes Here by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt Sovereignty Commission Records.” by Verne Harris by Sarah Rowe-Sims, Sandra Boyd, and H.T. Holmes Compiled with an Introduction by Lisa A. Mix Book Title Book Title © 2017 by the Society of American Archivists All rights reserved Goes Here Goes Here SAA SAMPLER ii Introduction to the Social Justice Sampler Kathryn Michaelis and Nicole Milano his sampler introduces key literature concerning the relationship Tbetween archives and social justice, an important and timely topic
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