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What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital era? What are the practical implications of the information revolution for the work of archivists and records managers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Yeo, a distinguished expert in the global field, explores concepts of ‘records’ and ‘archives’ and sets today’s record-keeping and archival practices in their historical context. He examines changing perceptions of the nature and purpose of records management and archival work, notions of convergence among information-related disciplines, and archivists’ and records managers’ attitudes to information and its governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with Peter Morville’s dictum that ‘when we try to define information, we become lost in a hall of mirrors’, Yeo considers different understandings of the concept of ‘information’ and their applicability to the field of archives and records management. He also looks at the world of data science and data administration, and asks whether and how far recent work in this area can enhance our knowledge of how records function and how they relate to the information universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKey topics covered include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe keeping of records: a brief historical overview\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThinking about records and archives: the transition to the digital\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eArchivists, records managers and the allure of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFinding a way through the hall of mirrors: concepts of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRecords and data\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWhy records are not (just) information; understanding records in the digital era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking and timely book is primarily intended for records managers and archivists, but should also be of interest to professionals in a range of information-related disciplines. 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The reality is, however, that for all sorts of reasons, the record may not have been preserved or survived in the archive. In fact, the record may never have even existed – its creation being as imagined as is its contents. And even if it does exist, it may be silent on the salient facts, or it may obfuscate, mislead or flat out lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Archive\u003c\/i\u003e is written by three expert and knowledgeable archivists and draws attention to the many limitations of archives and the inevitability of their having parameters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSilences or gaps in archives range from details of individuals’ lives to records of state oppression or of intelligence operations. The book brings together ideas from a wide range of fields, including contemporary history, family history research and Shakespearian studies. 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