Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2007
Journal or Book Title
Library Trends
Volume
56
Issue
2
First Page
344
Last Page
359
Abstract
This article examines archival collecting, taking as case studies two women’s archives. Drawing on their experiences building the collections of the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University) and the Iowa Women’s Archives (University of Iowa), the authors explore how such efforts challenge traditional approaches to collecting. Proactive collecting, such as oral history projects focused on Latinas or women scientists, helps fill gaps in the historical record by encouraging people who have not traditionally been donors to participate in building and using diverse archival collections.
Copyright Owner
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zanish-Belcher, Tanya and Mason, Kären M., "Raising the Archival Consciousness: How Women’s Archives Challenge Traditional Approaches to Collecting and Use, Or, What's in a Name?" (2007). Special Collections Publications and Papers. 6.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/speccoll_pubs/6
Comments
This article is from Library Trends 56 (2007): 344–359. Posted with permission.