JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHIVISTS Contents of Volume 27, 2006 EDITORS Cressida Annesley, Archivist, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, UK; Susan Corrigall, Archivist, National Archives of Scotland, UK; Andrew Flinn, Lecturer, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London, UK; Kate Manning, Archivist, University College Dublin, Ireland. EDITORIAL BOARD M.G. Cook, Senior Research Fellow, LUCAS, University of Liverpool, UK; R. Cox, Professor in Archival Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA; D. Craig, Director, National Archives of Ireland; M. Crockett, Consultant Archivist and Records Manager, UK; M. Ellis, Head of Collections, Standards and Training, CyMAL, UK; P. Emmerson, Director, Emmerson Consulting Limited, UK; D.V. Fowkes, Archival Consultant and Historical Researcher, UK; A. Holland, Lecturer, University College Dublin, Ireland; D. Leitch, Head of Performance and Communications, The National Archives, UK; G.P. MacKenzie, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, UK; §. McKemmish, Professor of Archival Systems, Monash University, Australia; J. McLeod, Programme Leader, Northumbria University, UK; L. Morgan, Archivist, Glasgow City Archives, UK; G. Parry, Archivist, National Library of Wales, UK; R. Perks, Curator, The British Library Sound Archive, UK; N. Reid, Keeper of Manuscripts, St. Andrews University Library, UK; C. O’Riordan, Archive Administrator, Irish Architectural Archive, Ireland; G.J. Slater, Chief Executive, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, UK; R.D. Taylor, Collections Access Manager, National Railway Museum, York, UK; M. Taylor, City Archivist, Hull City Archives, UK; C.C. Webb, Keeper of Archives, Borthwick Institute for Archives, UK; J.J. Weber, Regional Archive Development Officer, East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, UK; C. Weods, Head of Collection Care and Conservation, Oxford University Library Services, UK; G. Yeo, Lecturer, University College London, UK. The Journal of the Society of Archivists deals with matters of interest to archivists, archive conservators and records managers, as well as to all involved in the study and interpretation of archives. Published on behalf of the Society of Archivists, the journal features the very latest developments in these fields, including the challenges and opportunities presented by new media and information technology. It aims to represent current professional practices and research. ISSN 0037-9816 © 2006 Society of Archivists CONTENTS Volume 27 Number 1 April 2006 Michael Cook. Professional Ethics and Practice in Archives and Records Management in a Human Rights Context Colin Gale. Record-keeping as an Ethical Imperative Susan Thomas and Janette Martin. Using the Papers of Contemporary British Politicians as a Testbed for the Preservation of Digital Personal Archives Patrick Ngulube and Vivan Fuh Tafor. The Management of Public Records and Archives in the Member Countries of ESARBICA Peter Lester. Is the Virtual Exhibition the Natural Successor to the Physical? REVIEWS Andrea Johnson. HOWARD BESSER (SALLY HIBBARD & DEBORAH LENERT, Eds), Introduction to Imaging, rev. ed.; JILL MARIE KOELLING, Digital Imaging, A Practical Approach Richard E. Huws. MARY JO PUGH, Providing Reference Services for Archives & Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series II Estelle Gittins. KATHLEEN D. ROE, Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series II Seamus Helferty. RICHARD PEARCE-MOSES, A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Archival Fundamentals Series II Caroline Brown. MENZI L. BEHRND-KLODT & PETER J. WOSH (Eds), Privacy & Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists & Archival Records Margaret Crockett. ANDREW C. HAMER, The ICSA Guide to Document Retention Marie Coleman. ANNIE RYAN, Witnesses: Inside the Easter Rising NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Volume 27 Number 2 October 2006 Victor Gray. Archives and the Tribal Mind Wendy Duff and Allyson Fox. “You’re a Guide Rather than an Expert’: Archival Reference from an Archivist’s Point of View Caroline Shenton. Raising the Portcullis: The Automation of the Parliamentary Archives Nicola Allen. Articulating an Agenda for Change—the RSA Archive Experience Roger Craig, Tamara Selzer and Josette Seymour. There is Disaster Planning and there is Reality—the Cayman Islands National Archive (CINA) Experience with Hurricane Ivan Ulrich Niefs and Harald Stockert. On the Way to a Digital Archive: The Example of Mannheim Tim Padfield and Poul Klenz Larsen. Low Energy Air-Conditioning of Archives Judith Etherton. The Role of Archives in the Perception of Self REVIEW Elizabeth Shepherd. FRANK BOLES, Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series II NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED VOLUME CONTENTS AND INDEX OF VOLUME 27, 2006 Index Publications received but not reviewed are not indexed. ALLEN, Nicola, 165 ARCHIVES AND THE TRIBAL MIND by Victor Gray, 121 ARTICULATING AN AGENDA FOR CHANGE—THE RSA ARCHIVE EXPERIENCE by Nicola Allen, 165 Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. & Wosh, Peter J. (Eds), Privacy & Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists & Archival Records, 111 Besser, Howard (Hibbard, Sally & Lenert, Deborah, Eds), Introduction to Imaging, rev. ed., 103 Boles, Frank, Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series il, 247 BROWN, Caroline, 111 COLEMAN, Marie, 115 Cook, Michael, 1 CRAIG, Roger, 187 CROCKETT, Margaret, 113 DUFF, Wendy, 129 ETHERTON, Judith, 227 Fox, Allyson, 129 GALE, Colin, 17 GITTINS, Estelle, 108 GRAY, Victor, 121 Hamer, Andrew C., The ICSA Guide to Document Retention, 113 HELFERTY, Seamus, 110 Hibbard, Sally see Besser, Howard (Hibbard, Sally & Lenert, Deborah, Eds) Huws, Richard E., 106 IS THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION THE NATURAL SUCCESSOR TO THE PHYSICAL? by Peter Lester, 85 JOHNSON, Andrea, 103 Koelling, Jill Marie, Digital Imaging, A Practical Approach, 103 LARSEN, Poul Klenz, 213 Lenert, Deborah see Besser, Howard (Hibbard, Sally & Lenert, Deborah, Eds) LESTER, Peter, 85 LOW ENERGY AIR-CONDITIONING OF ARCHIVES by Tim Padfield and Poul Klenz Larsen, 213 MARTIN, Janette, 29 NGULUBE, Patrick, 57 Neg, Ulrich, 201 ON THE WAY TO A DIGITAL ARCHIVE: THE EXAMPLE OF MANNHEIM by Ulrich Niefs and Harald Stockert, 201 PADFIELD, Tim, 213 Pearce-Moses, Richard, A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Archival Fundamentals Series II, 110 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND PRACTICE IN ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN A HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT by Michael Cook, | Pugh, Mary Jo, Providing Reference Services for Archives & Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series II, 106 RAISING THE PORTCULLIS: THE AUTOMATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ARCHIVES by Caroline Shenton, 155 RECORD-KEEPING AS AN ETHICAL IMPERATIVE by Colin Gale, 17 Roe, Kathleen D., Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts. Archival Fundamentals Series II, 108 Ryan, Annie, Witne Inside the Easter Rising, 115 SELZER, Tamara, 187 SEYMOUR, Josette, 187 SHENTON, Caroline, 155 SHEPHERD, Elizabeth, 248 STOCKERT, Harald, 201 TAFOR, Vivan Fuh, 57 THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES IN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF ESARBICA by Patrick Ngulube and Vivan Fuh Tafor, 57 THE ROLE OF ARCHIVES IN THE PERCEPTION OF SELF by Judith Etherton, 227 THERE IS DISASTER PLANNING AND THERE IS REALITY—THE CAYMAN ISLANDS NATIONAL ARCHIVE (CINA) EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IVAN by Roger Craig, Tamara Selzer and Josette Seymour, 187 THOMAS, Susan, 29 USING THE PAPERS OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH POLITICIANS AS A TESTBED FOR THE PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL PERSONAL ARCHIVES by Susan Thomas and Janette Martin, 29 Wosh, Peter J. see Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. & Wosh, Peter J. (Eds) “YOURE A GUIDE RATHER THAN AN EXPERT’: ARCHIVAL REFERENCE FROM AN ARCHIVIST’S POINT OF VIEW by Wendy Duff and Allyson Fox, 129