RESUME: RICHARD J. COX 1 Richard J. Cox School of Information Sciences 135 North Bellefield Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Office: (412) 624-3245 FAX: (412) 648-7001 Education BA, cum laude with departmental honors, Towson State College, 1972, History and English MA, University of Maryland, 1978, U.S. History Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1992 Professional Positions 1972 St. Mary's City Commission: Graduate assistant in archaeology 1972-73 Maryland Historical Society: Editor, Calvert Family Papers 1973-78 Maryland Historical Society: Curator of Manuscripts 1978-83 City of Baltimore: City Archivist and Records Management Officer 1982 Goucher College: Instructor, History Department 1983-86 Head, Archives and Records Division, Alabama Department of Archives and History 1986-88 Associate Archivist, New York State Archives 1986-87 Visiting Instructor, School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany 1988-present Lecturer (1988-92); Assistant Professor (1992-96), Associate Professor (1996-2000), and Professor (2000-present), Library and Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Awards and Fellowships Phi Alpha Theta, 1972 Arline Custer Memorial Award, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1979, 1989, 1994 Certificate of Merit, Maryland Genealogical Society, 1981 Research Fellowship for Study of Modern Archives, Bentley Historical Library, 1985, 1991, 1992 Fellow, Society of American Archivists, 1989 Waldo G. Leland Award, Society of American Archivists, 1991, 2002, 2005 Beta Phi Mu, 1992 Best Article Collection Building, 2002
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RESUME: RICHARD J. COX 1
Richard J. Cox
School of Information Sciences
135 North Bellefield
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Office: (412) 624-3245 FAX: (412) 648-7001
Education
BA, cum laude with departmental honors, Towson State College, 1972, History and English
MA, University of Maryland, 1978, U.S. History
Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1992
Professional Positions
1972 St. Mary's City Commission: Graduate assistant in archaeology
1972-73 Maryland Historical Society: Editor, Calvert Family Papers
1973-78 Maryland Historical Society: Curator of Manuscripts
1978-83 City of Baltimore: City Archivist and Records Management Officer
1982 Goucher College: Instructor, History Department
1983-86 Head, Archives and Records Division, Alabama Department of Archives and History
1986-88 Associate Archivist, New York State Archives
1986-87 Visiting Instructor, School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany
1988-present Lecturer (1988-92); Assistant Professor (1992-96), Associate Professor (1996-2000), and Professor
(2000-present), Library and Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Awards and Fellowships
Phi Alpha Theta, 1972
Arline Custer Memorial Award, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1979,
1989, 1994
Certificate of Merit, Maryland Genealogical Society, 1981
Research Fellowship for Study of Modern Archives, Bentley Historical Library,
1985, 1991, 1992
Fellow, Society of American Archivists, 1989
Waldo G. Leland Award, Society of American Archivists, 1991, 2002, 2005
Beta Phi Mu, 1992
Best Article Collection Building, 2002
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Selected Publications: Books and Related Publications
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Calvert Papers (Baltimore: Maryland
Historical Society, 1973).
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Mordecai Gist Papers (Baltimore:
Maryland Historical Society, 1975).
Tracing the History of the Baltimore Structure: A Guide to the Primary and
Secondary Sources (Baltimore: Baltimore City Archives and Records
Management Office, 1980).
co-editor, A Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society:
Historical and Genealogical Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews (Baltimore:
Maryland Historical Society, 1981).
Principal author, Assessing Alabama's Archives: A Plan for the Preservation of
the State's Historical Records (Montgomery: Alabama Historical Records
Advisory Board, 1985).
Principal author, Strengthening New York's Historical Records Programs: A Self Study Guide (Albany: New York
State Archives and Records Administration,
1988). [Winner, Arline Custer Memorial Award, 1989]
An Annotated Bibliography on the Administration of Archives and Manuscripts
(Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1989).
American Archival Analysis: The Recent Development of the Archival Profession in the United States (Metuchen,
New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1990). [Leland Award, 1991]
Managing Institutional Archives: Foundational Principles and Practices (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992).
Editor, "Educating the American Archivist for the Twenty-First Century," Journal of Education for Library and
Information Science 34 (Winter 1993).
The First Generation of Electronic Records Archivists in the United States: A Study in Professionalization (New
York: Haworth Press, 1994).
Documenting Localities: A Practical Model for American Archivists and Manuscripts Curators (Metuchen, New
Jersey: Scarecrow Press and Society of American Archivists, 1996).
Editor, "Archival Education and Student Research: Essays from the University of Pittsburgh," Provenance 12, nos. 1
and 2 (1994): 1-150.
Closing an Era: Historical Perspectives on Modern Archives and Records Management (Westport, Conn:
Greenwood Press, 2000).
Managing Records as Evidence and Information (Westport, Conn: Quorum Books, 2001). [Leland Award, 2002]
Guest editor, special issue on electronic records management, Information Management Journal, 35 (January 2001).
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Co-editor, with David Wallace, Archives and the Public Good: Accountability and Records in Modern Society
(Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 2002).
Vandals in the Stacks? A Response to Nicholson Baker’s Assault on Libraries (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press,
2002). Flowers After the Funeral: Reflections on the Post 9/11 Digital Age (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press,
2003).
No Innocent Deposits: Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 2004) [Leland
Award, 2005]
Lester J. Cappon and the Relationship of History, Archives, and Scholarship in the Golden Age of Archival Theory
(Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2004)
Archives and Archivists in the Information Age (New York: Neal-Schuman, 2005)
A Minor Nuisance Spread Across the Organization: Factors Leading to the Establishment and Support of Records
and Information Management Programs (Pittsburgh, PA: ARMA International Educational Foundation, October
2005).
With James M. O’Toole, Understanding Archives and Manuscripts, 2nd ed. (Chicago: Society of American
Archivists, 2006).
Ethics, Accountability and Recordkeeping in a Dangerous World (London: Facet, 2006)
Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations (Duluth, MN: Litwin
Books, 2008).
The Demise of the Library School: Personal Reflections on Professional Education in the Modern Corporate
University (Duluth, MN: Library Juice, 2010).
Guest editor, “Archival Ethics: New Views,” Journal of Information Ethics 19 (Spring 2010): 20-189.
Archival Anxiety and the Vocational Calling (Duluth, MN: Litwin Books, 2011).
Co-edited with Alison Langmead and Eleanor Mattern, Archival Education and Education: Selected Papers from
the 2014 AERI Conference (Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books, 2015).
Selected Publications: Contributions to Books and Proceedings
"From Feudalism to Freedom: Maryland in the American Revolution," in Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore
Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial, ed. John B. Boles (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1976),
pp. 125-79.
"Local Government Records Programs," Documenting America: Assessing the Condition of Historical Records in
the States, ed. Lisa B. Weber (Albany, New York): National Association of State Archives and Records
Administrators and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, (1984), pp. 19-36.
With Lynn W. Cox, "Selecting Information of Enduring Value for Preservation: Contending With the Hydra-Headed
Monster," in Rethinking the Library in the Information Age: Issues in Library Research: Proposals for the 1990s
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988), pp. 115-30.
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"Archival Preservation Interests and Issues: An Archival Perspective." Advances in Preservation and Access (New
York: K. G. Saur, 1992), I: 228-43.
"Readings in Archives and Electronic Records: Annotated Bibliography and Analysis of the Literature," in
Electronic Records Management Program Strategies, ed. Margaret Hedstrom (Pittsburgh: Archives and Museum
Informatics, 1993), pp. 99-156.
"The Federal Government's Interest in Archives of the United States," in Oddo Bucci. ed., Archival Science on the
Threshold of the Year 2000 (Macerata, Italy: University of Macerata, 1993), pp. 207-41.
"Standardizing Archival Practices: A Tool for the Information Age," International Congress on Archives
Proceedings 1992 (Paris: ICA, 1994), pp. 165-179.
"Archives," Encyclopedia of Library History, eds. Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald G. Davis, Jr. (New York:
Garland Publishing Co., Inc., 1994), pp. 39-43.
"Other Atlantic States: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, and South Carolina," in H.G. Jones, ed.,
Historical Consciousness in the Early Republic: The Origins of State Historical Societies and Collections, 1791-
1861 (Chapel Hill: North Caroliniana Society, Inc. and North Carolina Collection, 1995), pp. 102-124.
"A Sense of the Future: A Child's View of Archives," Archivists: The Image and Future of the Profession; 1995
Conference Proceedings, eds. Michael Piggott and Colleen McEwen (Canberra: Australian Society of Archivists
Inc., 1996), pp. 189-209.
"A Sense of the Future: An Adult's View of Archives," Archivists: The Image and Future of the Profession; 1995
Conference Proceedings, eds. Michael Piggott and Colleen McEwen (Canberra: Australian Society of Archivists
Inc., 1996), pp. 219-224.
"Blown to Bits: Electronic Records, Archivy, and the Corporation," in James M. O'Toole, ed. The Records of
American Business (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1997).
"Meta-Scheduling: Rethinking Archival Appraisal and Records Management Scheduling," in Bridging Records,
Information, and Knowledge: ARMA Proceedings (Prairie Village, KS: ARMA, 1999), 59-66.
"The Archivist and Collecting," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 70, supp. 33 (New York:
Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2002), pp. 1-21.
“Leadership and Archival Education,” in Bruce W. Dearstyne, ed., Leadership and Administration of Successful
Archival Programs (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2001), pp. 1-17.
“What Do We Mean by ‘Yesterday’s Papers’?” in Yvonne Carignan, Danielle DuMerer, Susan Klier Koutsky, Eric
N. Lindquist, Kara M. McCurken, and Douglas P. McElrath, eds., Who Wants Yesterday’s Papers? The Research
Value of Printed Materials in the Digital Age (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 2004), pp. 179-185.
“Relações perigosas: o governo norte-americano e seus arquivos,” in Documentos privados de interesse publico: o
acesso em questão (Sau Paulo: Instituo Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 2005), pp. 69-88.
“The Archivist and Community,” in Jeannette A. Bastian and Ben Alexander, eds., Community Archives: The
Shaping of Memory (London: Facet, 2009), pp. 251-264.
“Appraisal and the Future of Archives in the Digital Era,” in Jennie Hill, ed., The Future of Archives and
Recordkeeping: A Reader (London: Facet Publishing, 2011), pp. 213-237.
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“Technology’s Promise, the Copying of Records, and the Archivist’s Challenge: A Case Study in Documentation
Rhetoric,” in Terry Cook, ed., Controlling the Past: Documenting Society and Institutions (Chicago: Society of
American Archivists, 2011), pp. 131-149.
“Teaching Advocacy,” in Larry J. Hackman, ed., Many Happy Returns: Advocacy and the Development of Archives
(Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2011), pp. 323-335.
Selected Publications: Articles
"A History of the Calvert Papers, MS. 174," Maryland Historical Magazine 68 (Fall 1973): 309-22.
"Public Records in Colonial Maryland," American Archivist 37 (April 1974): 263-75.
"The Historical Development of the Manuscripts Division of the Maryland Historical Society," Maryland Historical
Magazine 69 (Winter 1974): 409-17.
co-author, "The Records of a City: Baltimore and Its Historical Sources," Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Fall
1975): 286-310.
"Stephen Bordley, George Whitefield, and the Great Awakening in Maryland," Historical Magazine of the Protestant
Episcopal Church 16 (September 1977): 297-307.
"Manuscript Usage in the Private Historical Society: Maryland as a Case Study, 1970-1976," Manuscripts 29 (Fall
1977): 243-51.
"Professionalism and Civil Engineering in Early America: The Vicissitudes of James Shriver's Career, 1815-1826,"
"The Origins of American Religious Archives: Ethan Allen, Pioneer Church Historian and Archivist of Maryland,"
Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 29 (October 1987): 48-63.
"American Archival Literature: Expanding Horizons and Continuing Needs, 1901-1987," American Archivist 50
(Summer 1987): 306-23.
"On the Value of Archival History in the United States," Libraries & Culture 23 (Spring 1988): 135-51.
With Helen W. Samuels, "The Archivist's 'First Responsibility': A Research Agenda for the Identification and
Selection of Records of Enduring Value," American Archivist 51 (Winter/Spring 1988): 28-42.
"Educating Archivists: Speculations on the Past, Present, and Future," Journal of the American Society for Information
Science 39 (September 1988): 340-43.
"Fundraising for Historical Records Programs: An Undeveloped Archival Function," Provenance 6 (Fall 1988): 1-19.
"Selecting Historical Records for Microfilming: Some Suggested Procedures for Repositories," Library & Archival
Security 9 (no. 2, 1989): 21-41.
"A Documentation Strategy Case Study: Western New York," American Archivist 52 (Spring 1989): 192-200.
"Religious Archivists Meet the Archival Profession: The Proceedings of the Evangelical Archives Conference,"
Provenance 7 (Spring 1989): 66-79.
"La formation en archivistique: Besoins et realisations," Archives 20 (hiver 1989): 33-42.
"Textbooks, Archival Education, and the Archival Profession: A Review Essay," Public Historian 12 (Spring 1990):
73-81.
"Professionalism and Archivists Revisited: A Review Essay," Midwestern Archivist 15, no. 2 (1990): 5-15.
"Archival Education in the New York Library Environment," Bookmark 48 (1989): 32-36.
"RAMP Studies and Related UNESCO Publications: An International Source for Archival Administration," American
Archivist 53 (Summer 1990): 488-95.
"The History of Primary Sources in Graduate Education: An Archival Perspective," Special Collections 4, no. 2
(1990): 39-78.
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"Library History and Library Archives," Libraries & Culture 26 (Fall 1991): 569-93.
"Managing Business Archives: Basic Considerations," Records & Retrieval Report 7 (November 1991): 1-16.
"Researching Archival Reference as an Information Function," RQ 31 (Spring 1992): 387-97.
"The Archival Profession and Information Technology Standards," Journal of the American Society for Information
Science 43 (September 1992): 571-75.
"Archivists and the Use of Archival Records: Or, A View from the World of Documentary Editing," Provenance 9
(1991 [1992]): 89-110.
With Christinger Tomer, "Electronic Mail: Implications and Challenges for Records Managers and Archivists,"
Records & Retrieval Report 8 (November 1992).
"Electronic Information Technology and the Archivist: Bright Lights, Lingering Concerns," American Archivist 55
(Spring 1992): 232-34.
"The Concept of Public Memory and Its Impact on Archival Public Programming," Archivaria 36 (Autumn 1993):
122-35.
"The Masters of Archival Studies and American Education Standards: An Argument for the Continued Development
of Graduate Archival Education in the United States," Archivaria 36 (Autumn 1993): 221-31.
"International Perspectives on the Image of Archivists and Archives: Coverage by The New York Times, 1992-93,"
International Information & Library Review 25 (1993): 195-231.
"The Roles of the Editor: Some Additional Reflections," American Archivist 56 (Winter 1993): 10-14.
"The Context of Archives and Archivists," American Archivist 56 (Spring 1993): 230-32.
"The Roles of Graduate and Continuing Education in Preparing Archivists for the Information Age," American
Archivist 56 (Summer 1993): 444-57.
"An Analysis of Archival Research, 1970-1992, and the Role and Function of the American Archivist," American
Archivist 57 (Spring 1994): 278-288.
"The Record: Is It Evolving?" Records and Retrieval Report 10 (March 1994): 1-16.
"Re-Discovering the Archival Mission: The Recordkeeping Functional Requirements Project at the University of
Pittsburgh; A Progress Report." Archives and Museum Informatics 8, no. 4 (1994): 279-300.
"The Documentation Strategy and Archival Appraisal Principles: A Different Perspective." Archivaria 38 (Fall 1994):
11-36. [Selected for translation for publication in the journal of the Association of Archivists of Valencia as one of
the seminal writings on archival appraisal. Translated and published as “Los Principios De La Estrategia De La
Documentacion Y De La Valoracion Archivistica: Una Perspectiva Diferente,” Revista D’Arxius: Associaio
D’Arxivers Valencians (2004): 177-215]
"Collectors and Archival, Manuscript, and Rare Book Security." Focus on Security: The Magazine of Library,
Archive, and Museum Security 2 (April 1995): 19-27.
"What’s in a Name?: Archives as a Multi-faceted Term in the Information Professions." Records and Retrieval Report
11 (March 1995): 1-15.
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"The Archival Documentation Strategy: A Brief Intellectual History, 1984-1994 and Practical Description." Janus
no. 2 (1995): 76-93.
"Continuing Education and Special Collections Professionals: The Need for Rethinking," Rare Books & Manuscripts
Librarianship 10, no. 2 (1995): 78-96.
"Archives and Archivists in the Twenty-First Century: What Will We Become?" Archival Issues 20, no. 2 (1995):
97-113.
"The Record in the Information Age: A Progress Report on Research." Records and Retrieval Report 12 (January
1996): 1-16.
"The Long-Term Maintenance of Records." Records and Retrieval Report 12 (April 1996): 1-16.
"The Record in the Manuscript Collection," Archives and Manuscripts 24 (May 1996): 46-61.
"Re-Defining Electronic Records Management." Records Management Quarterly 30 (October 1996): 8-13.
"The Archival Documentation Strategy and Its Implications for the Appraisal of Architectural Records," American
Archivist 59 (Spring 1996): 144-154.
"Computer Literacy and Records Professionals." Records and Retrieval Report 12 (October 1996): 1-16.
"Debating the Future of the Book," American Libraries 28 (February 1997): 52-55.
"More Than Diplomatic: Functional Requirements for Evidence in Recordkeeping." Records Management Journal 7
(April 1997): 31-57.
"Advocacy in the Graduate Archives Curriculum: A North American Perspective," Janus no. 1 (1997): 30-41.
"Messrs. Washington, Jefferson, and Gates: Quarrelling about the Preservation of the Documentary Heritage of the
United States." First Monday (August 1997), available at http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue2_8/cox/index.html.
"Why Technology Convergence Is Not Enough for the Management of Information and Records." Records &
Retrieval Report 13 (October 1997): 1-16.
With Wendy Duff, “ Warrant and the Definition of Electronic Records: Questions Arising from the Pittsburgh Project.” Archives and Museum Informatics 11 (1997): 223-231. "Electronic Systems and Records Management in the Information Age: An Introduction." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, (June 1997), available at http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-97/cox.html. With Edie Rasmussen, “Reinventing the Information Professions and the Argument for Specialization in LIS
Education: Case Studies in Archives and Information Technology,” Journal of Education for Library and Information
Science, 38 (Fall 1997): 255-267.
"The Archivist and Collecting: A Review Essay," American Archivist 59 (Fall 1996): 496-512.
"The Importance of Records in the Information Age," Records Management Quarterly 32 (January 1998): 36-46, 48-
49, 52.
“Access in the Digital Information Age and the Archival Mission: The United States.” Society of Archivists Journal,