Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions

Radical Collections: Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professionsThis volume looks at the role that archivists and librarians play in compiling collections do they curate history? To what extent are they gatekeepers of knowledge? It shines a light on pressing topical issues within library and information services (LIS) to encompass selection, appraisal and accession, through to organisation and classification, and including promotion and use to ask pertinent questions about the fields future.

Sonja's book is part of the My Voice Project

It's a temporary institutional arrangement agreed in response to specific political

Such books are notoriously hard to classify-a fact that alarms me

from ancient times to the present

while advances in mummification techniques reveal an Egyptian anxiety about long-term burial without coffins as a new style of stuffed and painted mummy was developed for the wealthy

part of the inestimable Revels Plays

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the range of research on recent advances in poultry nutrition

he turns to drink

corn and barley

This definitive guide to the archaeological remains in the civic and commercial centre of ancient Athens is an essential companion to the interested visitor

Sorghum was once a major crop in dry regions

Each chapter of this stimulating book collects a wide variety of images show the different ways that historical events can be represented