Kate Theimer

Author of Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections

About the Author

Kate Theimer is the author of the popular blog Archives Next and a frequent writer, speaker, and commentator on issue related to the future of archives. She is the author of Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections and the editor of A Different Kind of Web: New show more Connections between Archives and Our Users: she also contributed chapters to Many Happy Returns: Advocacy for Archives and Archivists. The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping, and the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Archival Concepts, Principles, and Practices. She has published articles in The American Archivist and the Journal of Digital Humanities. show less

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Works by Kate Theimer

A different kind of Web : new connections between archives and our users (2011) 29 copies, 1 review

Description: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2014) 14 copies

Outreach: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2014) 12 copies

Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2014) 9 copies

Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2014) 8 copies

Educational Programs: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2015) 7 copies

Appraisal and acquisition : innovative practices for archives and special collections (2015) 7 copies

"A Very Correct Idea of Our School": A Photographic History of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (2018) 3 copies

Well, What Came Next?: Selections from ArchivesNext, 2007-2017 (2017) 2 copies

Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (2014) 1 copy

Walking Tour of Grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1 copy

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AJBraithwaite 595 reviews

A different kind of Web : new connections between archives and our users by Kate Theimer

A useful overview of the current state of archival thought on the use of Web 2.0 technologies. The volume is a mixture of practical case studies, covering drivers, challenges and lessons learnt from a variety of technological implementations alongside more reflective essays on the significance to the profession of these new capabilities.

Non-archivists are given a voice, too, with historian Robert B. Townsend giving his perspective as a user and funder of archives and Jeffrey W. McClurken show more explaining his perception as a teacher of history undergraduates. These were two of the most interesting essays for me, as they come from outside of the 'Archives 2.0' bubble and made me realise that although we seem to have come a long way, there are still important and fairly basic steps that have yet to be taken (persistent URLs for archival resources being a prime example). show less

Sep 19, 2011

LibrarianLizelle 41 reviews

Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections by Kate Theimer