Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief
Bristol University Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 8. September 2026
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-5292-5344-3 (ISBN)
Description
Libraries and archives are liminal spaces between what once was and what might be remembered.
This edited collection explores this dynamic through international case studies, theoretical discussions and practical guidance, considering how these spaces activate moments of grief through preservation and documentation. Drawing on cultural, personal and literary perspectives, this volume examines grief across temporalities and the ephemerality of digital and material memory spaces.
This is an essential study that deftly shows how archival practice, critical librarianship and the digital humanities can transform the ways communities preserve memory, process loss and find meaning in the aftermath of grief.
This edited collection explores this dynamic through international case studies, theoretical discussions and practical guidance, considering how these spaces activate moments of grief through preservation and documentation. Drawing on cultural, personal and literary perspectives, this volume examines grief across temporalities and the ephemerality of digital and material memory spaces.
This is an essential study that deftly shows how archival practice, critical librarianship and the digital humanities can transform the ways communities preserve memory, process loss and find meaning in the aftermath of grief.
More details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Tabellen, 20 s/w Abbildungen
3 Tables, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-5344-3 (9781529253443)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Kaylee P. Alexander is Research Data Librarian at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library.
Robert Spinelli is Archivist for Special Collections at Middle Tennessee State University and Adjunct Professor at American Baptist College.
Robert Spinelli is Archivist for Special Collections at Middle Tennessee State University and Adjunct Professor at American Baptist College.
Content
Foreword by Kelly A. Kolar
Introduction - Kaylee P. Alexander and Robert Spinelli
Part I: Loss
1. The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives - Amalia S. Levi and Virginia Dressler
2. The Necrocene and Special Collections: Recording Extinction in Libraries and Archives - Octavia Cade
3. Mysterious Marginalia: Past and Present Grief in The Mysteries of Udolpho - S. R. Trzinski
4. Dead Women Do Tell Tales: The Archived Deaths of St. Bride's Parish, London - Rebecca Gibson
Part II: Grief
5. Your Most Powerful Instrument Is Your Voice - McKenzie Lemhouse and Logan Cocklin
6. Beyond Tree Funerals: Continuing Work to Make Grief a Transformative Project - Catherine Bowers
7. Public Libraries as Spaces for Processing COVID-19 Grief - Leah Griffiths
8. 'Shades of Grey'; Or, a Guide to Navigating Grief in the Archive - Frances Cullen
9. Ghosts in Grey Boxes: Trauma and Loss in the Archives - Amanda Shepp
Part III: Commemoration
10. Record Keepers and Record Makers: The Artist in the Archive - Lyuba Basin
11. Out of the Closet and into the Shelves: Archiving the Ordinary in Lesbian Cultural Memory - Sarah Rayner
12. Making a Digital Memorial: What Arts, Culture and Heritage Can Learn from Remember Me (2020) - Eleanor O'Keeffe
13. Forever or for Now: The Role of Information Professionals in Supporting Online Memorialization Practices - Chelsea Gunn and Aisling Quigley
14. Grieving Toward Grace - Michele Jennings and Henry Handley
15. Coda - Robert Spinelli and Kaylee P. Alexander
Introduction - Kaylee P. Alexander and Robert Spinelli
Part I: Loss
1. The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives - Amalia S. Levi and Virginia Dressler
2. The Necrocene and Special Collections: Recording Extinction in Libraries and Archives - Octavia Cade
3. Mysterious Marginalia: Past and Present Grief in The Mysteries of Udolpho - S. R. Trzinski
4. Dead Women Do Tell Tales: The Archived Deaths of St. Bride's Parish, London - Rebecca Gibson
Part II: Grief
5. Your Most Powerful Instrument Is Your Voice - McKenzie Lemhouse and Logan Cocklin
6. Beyond Tree Funerals: Continuing Work to Make Grief a Transformative Project - Catherine Bowers
7. Public Libraries as Spaces for Processing COVID-19 Grief - Leah Griffiths
8. 'Shades of Grey'; Or, a Guide to Navigating Grief in the Archive - Frances Cullen
9. Ghosts in Grey Boxes: Trauma and Loss in the Archives - Amanda Shepp
Part III: Commemoration
10. Record Keepers and Record Makers: The Artist in the Archive - Lyuba Basin
11. Out of the Closet and into the Shelves: Archiving the Ordinary in Lesbian Cultural Memory - Sarah Rayner
12. Making a Digital Memorial: What Arts, Culture and Heritage Can Learn from Remember Me (2020) - Eleanor O'Keeffe
13. Forever or for Now: The Role of Information Professionals in Supporting Online Memorialization Practices - Chelsea Gunn and Aisling Quigley
14. Grieving Toward Grace - Michele Jennings and Henry Handley
15. Coda - Robert Spinelli and Kaylee P. Alexander