You can now buy a copy of “Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections”

Yes, my book is now available—there’s a Neal-Schuman version (published in the US) and a Facet version (published in the UK). You can find them both on Amazon. Let me make this clear: this is not a scholarly book. I wrote the book that contained everything I thought anyone needed to know who was thinking about implementing social media in their archives, special collection, historical society, or local history collection. I wrote it to be practical. (You want a scholarly book? I’m working on that one for SAA. It’s going to be, if I do say so myself, really good. But that’s a whole different blog post.) You can see for yourself by looking at the table of contents on the Neal-Schuman site.

As I say in my Acknowledgments:

This book would not have possible without my own social network of friends and colleagues on Facebook and Twitter, and the wonderful community of people who have engaged in discussion of these issues with me on my blog, ArchivesNext. A friend joked that this would be a crowdsourced book, and in some ways, it is. The world of Web 2.0 is too large for anyone to keep up to date on everything that’s happening, and so I am happy to be part of a community of archivists working toward integrating Web 2.0 technology and thinking into our archival institutions.

One of the things I’m most pleased with are the interviews with so many archivists who have successfully implemented Web 2.0 tools. These interviews are usually a couple of pages long and focus on their own experiences and lessons learned. My thanks to these lovely people who contributed interviews (in order of appearance):

Sara Piasecki, Oregon Heatlth & Science University
Stephen Fletcher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gavin Freeguard, The Orwell Prize
Emma Allen and Joshua Shindler, The National Archives (UK)
Heather McClenahan, Los Alamos County Historical Society
Lin Fredericksen, Kansas State Historical Society
Julie Kerssen, Seattle Municipal Archives
Amy Schindler, The College of William and Mary
Katrina Harkness and Joshua Youngblood, State Library & Archives of Florida
Mark E. Harvey, Archives of Michigan
Ann Cameron, Gill Hamilton and James Toon, National Library of Scotland
David Hovde, Purdue University
Matt Raymond, The Library of Congress
Lauren Oostveen, Nova Scotia Archives
Molly Kruckenberg, Montana Historical Society
David Smith, Archives New Zealand
Tracey Baker, Minnesota Historical Society
Michele Christian, Iowa State University
Colleen McFarland, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire
Tim Sherratt, National Archives of Australia
Matthew Davies, National Film & Sound Archive (Australia)

When I was writing the book I wanted to include as many real-world examples as possible to illustrate the different things archives and historical organizations are doing on the web. It was only when I was compiling the index that I realized just how many places I referenced. Here, for my amusement, and I hope yours, is a list of all the archives sites and organizations mentioned:

Abner Jackson Journal 1858-1867 (blog), Albion College, Alone in the Archives (blog), American Historical Association blog, Archival Metrics project, Archival Sound Recordings, ArchivesBlogs, Archives Hub (blog), ArchivesOnFlickr group, Archives New Zealand, Archives New Zealand Audio Visual Wiki, Archives of American Television, Archives of Michigan, Arizona State Library Division of Archives and Public Records, Beyond Steel (Web site), Binghamton University Special Collections and Archives, British Film Institute, British Library, Chinese-Canadians: Profiles from a Community (wiki), Coca-Cola Conversations (blog), College of William and Mary, Coroner Case File Documentation Wiki, Deseronto Archives, Dickinson College, Drew University, DuBoisopedia, Earlham College Archives, East Texas Research Center, Eastern Kentucky University, Florida State University Heritage Protocol, Free Range Librarian (blog), Genny Spencer Twitter account, George Eastman House, Going to the Show (Web site), Guided by History (podcast series), Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Historical Notes from OHSU (blog), Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Idaho Historical Society, Internet Archive, Iowa State University, Jewish Women’s Archive, Kalamazoo College, Kansas Memory, A (podcast series), Kansas State Historical Society, Katrinia’s Jewish Voices (Web site), Librarian.net (blog), Library and Archives Canada, Library of Congress, Los Alamos Historical Society, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Mapping Our Anzacs (Web site), Maynard Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, Montana Historical Society, Montana History Wiki, The National Archives (United Kingdom), National Archives and Records Administration (United States), National Archives of Australia, National Film & Sound Archive, National Library of Scotland, National Trust for Scotland, New-York Historical Society podcast series, North Carolina Maps (Web site), North Carolina State Archives, Nova Scotia Archives, Ohio Historical Society, Oregon Health & Science University, Orwell Diaries (blog and Twitter account), Placeography (wiki), Presidential Libraries Uncovered (podcast series), Processing the Chew Family Papers (blog), Purdue University Archives, Redford Diaries Twitter account, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI History Revealed (blog), Sandusky History (blog), Sandusky Public Library, Seattle Municipal Archives, Smithsonian Institution, State Library & Archives of Florida, State Library of Victoria, State Records Authority of New South Wales, Tenement Museum, TweetingHistory, UMarmot (blog), University of London Computer Centre’s Digital Archives, University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pittsburgh, Archives Service Center, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Special Collections & Archives, Vancouver Public Library, 146, View to Hugh, A (blog), Virtual Gramophone (podcast series), Wells Fargo History Museum, Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier (blog), Wyoming State Archives, Yale University, YourArchives (wiki), and YouMass (wiki)

If you have any questions about the book, feel free to contact me at info@archivesnext.com. And I’ll be happy to autograph your copy!

7 Comments

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  By Lisa Mangiafico, January 6, 2010 @ 8:58 am

  Congrats! Must make you so happy to see the finished product! I’ll have you autograph at MARAC…

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  By Kate T., January 6, 2010 @ 9:43 am

  Thanks–it’s been a long process. Maybe I should set up a table & do a booksigning?

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  By Rob S., January 6, 2010 @ 10:15 am

  Congratulations, Kate. I just ordered a copy!

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  By TC, January 8, 2010 @ 2:16 am

  Kate, just to make sure that I advise my colleagues correctly. The UK edition (Facet, 224p) is, as far as content is concerned, the same as the US edition (Neal-Schuman, 246p)?

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  By TC, January 8, 2010 @ 2:30 am

  Excuse me about the typo, Facet says 272p.

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  By Kate T., January 8, 2010 @ 4:37 am

  Thanks, Rob!

  And, yes, I believe that the NS and Facet editions are identical, except that the Facet one has a much better cover!

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  By TC, January 8, 2010 @ 9:05 am

  Thx Kate, looking forward to read your book. Already awaited with great anticipation here in Belgium.

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