Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) endnotes (pages 355-404) and index.
Summary
"Examines issues affecting the future of personal and family archives, from the point of view of archival science"--Provided by publisher.
Contents
Posting notes and, then, saving them -- The romance of the document -- Information documents: how people and organizations acquire information -- A "therapeutic function": personal recordkeeping -- Human impulses and personal archives -- Traces of ourselves: more thoughts on personal recordkeeping and the roles of archivists -- Electronic mail and personal recordkeeping -- The web of records: the World Wide Web, the records professions, and personal archiving.