‘I can’t play God, you know’ : Ethical dilemmas faced by archivists

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https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v5i1.153319

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2025-03-04

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Shepherd, E. (2025). ‘I can’t play God, you know’ : Ethical dilemmas faced by archivists . Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v5i1.153319