Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication: Volume 68 Issue 8/9

Defining the undefinable: an analysis of definitions of community archives

Sarah Welland, Amanda Cossham

This paper aims to explore definitions and notions of what a community archive is, and the tensions between different understandings of community archives.

Analysis of South African universities and communities archives

Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma

The purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between South Africa (SA) universities and universities surrounding communities (USC) for preserving community histories…

Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand

Maja Krtalić, Ivana Hebrang Grgić

The purpose of this paper was to explore how small immigrant communities in host countries collect, disseminate and present information about their home country and their…

Community archives in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia

Ivan Poliakov, Maria Smirnova

This paper aims to characterize community archives in the common array of the manuscript collection of the National Library of Russia (NLR). The purpose of the paper is to…

The gay archival impulse: the founding of the Gerber/Hart library and archives in Chicago

Aiden M. Bettine, Lindsay Kistler Mattock

This paper aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the concept of community archives, offering a critique of the community archives discourse through a historical…

Reimagining local studies in Devon: Reclaiming the local community’s published heritage in an age of austerity

Ian Maxted

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect that government austerity policies has had on local studies in Devon and suggest a possible alternative means of maintaining…

C2O and Frontyard: hacking the archives to design community spaces in Surabaya and Sydney

Luke Bacon, Kathleen Azali, Alexandra Lara Crosby, Benjamin Forster

The purpose of this study is to identify shared themes and concerns of two local and critical archives by comparing their design and day-to-day practice.