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Questions of Location, Ownership and Interpretation
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Slide2Leverhulme International Network
Università
di Pavia
Fondo Manoscritti
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Collecting Institutions in Trinidad & Tobago
Archivists
Literary Agents
Authors
Manuscript Dealers
UNESCO
Academics
Society of Authors
Biographers
Librarians
Publishers
Slide3Slide4Publishers’ Archives
Contracts (including
f
inancial arrangements)
Editorial c
omments
Correspondence
Sales figures
Published material
Different models for providing finance for storage, cataloguing and providing access
Users want open access
Depositors may have privacy concerns
Slide5Collecting Literary Archives
ICA Universal Declaration of Archives
Collecting Strategies:AvailabilityValue
Hub and spokeJoint acquisitions
Slide6Authors’ Papers
Location Registers of English Literary Manuscripts
What has been collected & where
it is housedEstablishment of
Directory of Diasporic Literary Archives
What makes an archive valuable?
Importance of keeping authors’ papers together context
What is an archive’s research potential?
Agents
Control over use of papers living authors & estates
Information for
authors on maintaining their own literary manuscripts
What to keep
How to realise value
Practical information relating to born-digital files passwords, type of media
Slide7Digital Archives & Digitization
Purchasing & Financial Valuation
Sellers must know the content of what they are selling
Archives may include paper & born-digital material
Accessibility of digital files
Questions of authenticity
Archivists &
Born-Digital Archives
Important not to overplay the technical aspects of working with born-digital archives
Online access may not be a priority
Listing born-digital material in finding aids
Need to promote digital archives to users
Finding Tools
Balance users’ desire for more information with costs of providing it
Standardisation of description
Storage
Need to maintain digital material in current
format Transfer
timetables
Slide8Actions & Projects
Directory of Diasporic Literary Archives
Starting with partner collections
SupportProviding a support mechanism to preservation projects in Grenada, Trinidad and
Namibia
Information Sheet
Development of information sheet for authors regarding the cultural importance of preserving their literary papers
Copyright protection information
Linking to other
networks & literary centres
Working with
UNESCO
Possibility of ICA hosting Diasporic Literary Archives website content post-2014
Slide9Future Workshops
Trinidad & Tobago – March 2014
The Politics of LocationCollecting strategies & policies
Appropriate locations for archives
Cooperation between institutions
Different types of collecting institutions
Authors’ wishes
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale
University
Oct
ober
23
rd
& 24th,
2014Diaspora & Possibilities for Digitization
Extending digital archivesArchival practices - AIMS
Ethical perspective
ValuationCollections of emails
AuthenticityDigitization of paper archives
Training for users of born-digital material
Digital forensicsPotential for shared ownership
CostsOpen source vs. closed access archives
Slide10www.diasporicarchives.com
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