Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation

<p><em>Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation</em> explores the reinterpretation and resituating of archives and special collections held by libraries examines the development and stewardship of archives and special collections within a social justice framework and describes the use of critical practice by libraries and librarians to shape and negotiate the acquisition cataloguing promotion and use of archives and special collections. Chapters in this volume discuss the development of new collections through community outreach to marginalized and underrepresented groups efforts to amend the historical documentary record through digitization projects cataloguing authority and description of archives and special collections using a critical practice framework ethical and political issues relating to donors appraisal and access curation stewardship and promotion of controversial or sensitive collections and the decolonization of space and collections.</p>