Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515 - 2015

Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515-2015 was developed under the editorship of Dr. Luciana Duranti, professor in the iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies) at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Patricia C. Franks, professor and program coordinator for the Master of Archives and Records Administration program in the School of Information at San José State University.Luciana Duranti is a Professor of archival theory, diplomatics, and the preservation of digital records in the master’s and doctoral archival studies programs of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, and the Director of the UBC Centre for the International Study of Contemporary Records and Archives (CISCRA), as well as the InterPARES Research Project (1998-2019). Patricia C. Franks is a certified archivist, certified records manager, and information governance professional. She is a professor and coordinator of the Master of Archives and Records Administration degree program in the School of Information at San Jose State University. She is co-editor, with Luciana Duranti, of the Encyclopedia of Archival Science (2015), co-editor, with Anthony Bernier, of the International Director of National Archives (2018) and author of Records and Information Management, (2013, 2018).

The Encyclopedia of Archival Writers 1515–20151 edited by Luciana Duranti and Patricia C Franks is a remarkable book. Spanning nearly 600 large pages with entries on 144 archival writers by 113 different contributors, many of whom feature themselves as entries, it stands apart from other contemporary publications in the field. The volume provides the archival profession with a way of viewing its history through the lives of its most significant writers and, in so doing, it is an important contribution, and an appropriate companion to the Encyclopedia of Archival Science that appeared in 2015. Duranti and Franks, the editors, the volume’s advisory board, and all the contributors should be congratulated for their labours. Acknowledging from the outset the achievement of the work, whose richness will be highlighted in the coming paragraphs, this review seeks to explore some of the questions this kind of big book raises.

• AcknowledgmentsEditorial Advisory BoardPrefaceEntriesIndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editors