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Rebecka Sheffield
Rebecka Sheffield is an archivist, scholar, and policy advisor. She is a Senior Policy Advisor of the Archives of Ontario and teaches information science in American and Canadian universities. Biography Rebecka Sheffield is a previous director of the The ArQuives, ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives and vice-president of the Association of Canadian Archivists, Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA). She has a bachelor's degree in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master's Degree in archival studies from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Center for Sexual Diversity Studies. Sheffield is a scholar in archival science. She is the author of ''Documenting Rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times'', which discusses the relationship between archives and social movements within the LGBTQ2+ community. She has also worked as a public advocate about the preser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archivist
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to Document, records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consist of a variety of forms, including letters, diaries, logs, other personal documents, government documents, sound and/or picture recordings, digital files, or other physical objects. Description As Richard Pearce-Moses wrote: Determining what records have enduring value can be challenging. Archivists must also select records valuable enough to justify the costs of storage and preservation, plus the labor-intensive expenses of arrangement, description, and reference service. The theory and scholarly work underpinning archives practices is called archival science. The most common related occupations are librarians, Curator, museum curators, and records managers. The occupation of archivist is distinct from that of librarian. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
