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This spreadsheet is provided as an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration on session proposals for ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2023. It is not monitored by CoSA, SAA, or the 2023 Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process. Read the full Call for Program Proposals: https://www2.archivists.org/am2023/program/call-for-program-proposals.
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Name: Session ProposerContact InformationTopic PresentationldeaName(s) of interested partiesContact Information
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Alison Clemens and Faith Charltonalison.clemens@yale.eduContent warnings and mediation in digital collectionsDigitized archival collections sometimes contain personal data, culturally sensitive materials, protected knowledge, or content or description that may be distressing or offensive to people using cultural heritage collections. We’d like to propose an SAA session focused on principles and strategies for mitigating harm done by these materials through technically-focused mediation techniques like content warnings and cover images.12/2 (CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS. WILL UPDATE IF THIS CHANGES). Alison Clemens, Yale University Library; Faith Charlton, Princeton University Library; Dawn Schmitz, UNC Charlotte Atkins Library; Whitney Russell, University of Texas at Arlington Librariesdschmit4@uncc.edu; whitney.russell@uta.edu
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Andrew Koppadkopp@cpp.eduCommonalities across archival work and partnerships that build on those commonalities, such as partnerships between governmental and private or community entitiesFees can serve as unintentional -- and sometimes intentional -- barriers to requesting and accessing records. The Oregon State Archives, in consultation with OR DOJ, examined our fee structure with the goal of implementing fee waivers to improve remote access to records. OSA considered issues such as stakeholders' rights to access public records, the role of archival records in govt transparency and accountability, economic inequality, and in-house resources. Looking to add panelists who are considering removing -- or have removed -- fees associated with remote access to records with the goal of providing diverse perspectives on this topic for a lively and thougtful panel discussion. SCaloia@wayne.edu
cheryloestreicher@boisestate.edu
carolyn-runyon@utc.edu
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Ann Abneyann.c.abney@gmail.comArchival Literacy BarriersBroadly, the idea of how to create archival literacy and how to do it well. My own research is on breaking down barriers to access with archival jargon but this could be anything literacy-based - classroom instruction, alternative finding aids, accessible physical reading rooms, digital accessibility for screen readers, etc.Carly Dearborn (Ohio State University) - I can approach this topic from a few angles and would love to chat more!

Colleen Hoelscher (Trinity University) - Providing access and instruction to neurodiverse students/patrons

Jaycie Vos (University of Northern Iowa) - Developing a primary source literacy program for undergrads, focusing especially on pre-service teachers

Jordan Meyerl (University of Wyoming) - I would be open to discussing how to break down the barriers associated with archival "jargon," specifically when dealing with largely volunteer-run cultural heritage institutions who may lack a a formal archival education

Matt Strandmark (University of Kentucky) - Primary source literacy program as an integral part of courses of study, built into courses, etc. Also how to do effective faculty member outreach in departments who are not familiar with/comfortable with archival materials.		dearborn.8@osu.edu; choelsch@trinity.edu; jaycie.vos@uni.edu; jmeyerl@uwyo.eduClosed for interest as of 11/10/22
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Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehmannemarie.hamiltonbrehm@siu.eduDeveloping the archives profession with virtual conferencingThis summer, I conducted the Survey of Conference Attendance Preferences to investigate preferences for in-person and/or virtual conference attendance before and during the past two years and looking ahead to the future of conferencing. The survey was distributed to library and archives workers who are members of national and regional professional associations. More than 430 responded to the survey. The opportunity to network and learn virtually benefits not only those who can't travel to conferences due to lack of funding, time, or disability, but also those who are able to attend in-person by introducing them to professionals they would otherwise never have a chance to meet. I would like to organize a session with papers that speak to the benefits to the archives profession that may be derived by supporting inclusive virtual conferencing. And by this I also mean finding ways to combat the digital divide by, for example, partnering with local institutions to provide technology and space for virtual conference attendance. My hope is that in addition to presenting the results of my survey, we would have speakers representing those challenged by precarious employment and disabilities, along with a speaker knowledgeable about the challenges of conducting virtual conferences and hybrid conferences in particular. Please get in touch soon if you're interested in participating.12/08 CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS
Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, Associate Dean of Library Affairs, Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Ed Benoit, Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science, Lousiana State University--we've hosted a couple of virtual conferences now and I've been holding virtual workshops.
Katherine Martinez, BitCurator Consortium 		annemarie.hamiltonbrehm@siu.edu; martinek@newschool.edu; ebenoit@lsu.edu
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Ashley Todd-Diazatodddiaz@towson.eduCommunicating effectively with a non-archivist supervisor/admin/leaderHow do you successfuly gain support/advocate for your archives when your supervisor/admin/leader is not an archivist and/or does not understand the priorities of an archives?Leslie Van Veen McRoberts, Head of Stephen O. Murray & Keelung Hong Special Collections and Interim Head of University Archives and Historical Collections, Michigan State Univerisity, mcrobe13@msu.edu; Angie Houser, Manager, UT Southwestern Medical Center Special Collections & Archives
Lynn Eaton, Director, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Jessica Ritchie, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
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Blake Relleblakerelle@gmail.comTransitioning to new technologyTransition from Old Technology to the New Technology. The Louisiana State Archives Library is transitioning from the old analog microfilm readers to digital readers. I would like to have a session to discuss ways to help researchers transition to using new technology in order to view archival material. Jessica Barr - University of St. Michael's College Archives
Liz Harper - Western Carolina University - we just migrated from CONTENTdm to a custom built digital collections platform		harpere@wcu.edu
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Camila Zorrilla Tesslercamila.tessler@yale.eduRadical empathy for the archivist and archival violenceOften archivists who belong to minority or marginalized groups are called to handle material that preserves violence, aggression, and trauma that belong to our same groups. We are often asked to put aside our personal feelings, even when dealing with triggering and traumatic materials. I wout like to have a panel that discusses the intersections of trauma, justice, and personal pain that archivists are often asked to negotiate for the sake of preservation and access. I would like this to be a conversation about the archivist, rather than the researcher, and how we both approach and handle painful and "violent" materials.Althea Topek, accessioning archivist, Smith College; Jessica Ballard, Archivist for Multicultural Collections and Services, University of Illinois; Victoria Contreras, Head of Archives, Archives of the Big Bend, Sul Ross State University; Taylor Wolford, Special Collections Librarian, NC State University Libraries ; Eric Hung, Music of Asian America Research Center; Kate Schlesinger, University of Arizona, Tucson.atopek@smith.edu ballard9@illinois.edu; victoria.contreras@sulross.edu; tawolfor@ncsu.edu. eric@asianamericanmusic.org kschlesinger@arizona.edu
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Carol Streetcarolstreet@uky.eduRethinking internships and student-centered research/engagementI'd like to create a panel to discuss student engagement in the archives and archival internships for both undergraduates and LIS graduate students that go beyond the basic task-based internship programs. Perhaps your institution uses internships to build community, enhance student success, utilize special collections for transdisciplinary research on campus, or build pathways to diversity within the archives profession? I would discuss the Learning Lab internship at UK that provides a mentored opportunity for undergraduates to learn about archives and use collections for independent research. I see our internship serving as a unique opportunity for students to learn about the profession and a catalyst for significant educational growth. I'd love to hear how you've reconsidered internship opportunities at your institutions beyond the basic task-based internships and how you're creating student-centered reseach/engagement opportunities on campus. 11/8/22 CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS (will update if this changes) Lindsay Anderberg, Interdisicpinarly Science & Technology Librarian and Poly Archivist, New York University (My idea is not about internships, but about leveraging research projects from an undergraduate archives class to create student-led exhibits and engagement in our library. I wonder if we can build something together around that theme of student-first research, engagement, and growth?)

Marie Elia, Archivist for Special Collections, University at Buffalo, and adjunct instructor for UB's IS department. The MIS program is entirely online, which makes finding internships difficult. I'm interested in both how we support students in online programs (many of whom work full-time), as well as how we can engage non-LIS students. For ex., we recently hired a (non-LIS) doctoral student to process a collection from a local church because it aligned with her research interests.

Deborah Kloiber, College Archivist, Connecticut College. The Special Collections and Archives has partnered with our museum studies certificate program to engage students with our collections while providing them experience in the field, particularly with student-researched and curated exhibitions, but also with mini-internships in collections care/management.

Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Director of Special Collections, Wake Forest University. Over the past year, we have received significant financial donations for two specific collection areas which has enabled us to hire two senior undergraduates (one majoring in art; the other in documentary film). They are doing high-level curatorial work in creating/designing exhibits and conducting oral histories, being paid at a higher rate with the titles of Curatorial Associate and Oral History Coordinator, respectively. These projects feed directly into their career interests while completing work we do not have the capacity to undertake.

Carrie Meyer, Head of Special Collections and Archives/Erin Torell, Rare Books Librarian at University of Nebraska Medical Center. We have co-taught a course for high school juniors and seniors interested in health science professions using special collections materials. Their final project is creating an exhibition and research paper about a health sciences topic utilizing the collections and relating that back to understanding primary source research, empathy, active listening, and observation skills that will serve them in the health sciences studies they pursue in college and in their profession.

April K. Anderson-Zorn, University Archivist, Illinois State University. Incorporating Archives lessons into a health science course.
Brandon Jackson, Assistant Archivist ,institute for Advanced Study. 		la715@nyu.edu

eliam@buffalo.edu

dkloiber@conncoll.edu

zanisht@wfu.edu

carrie.meyer@unmc.edu

aander2@ilstu.edu




bjackson@ias.edu
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Carrie Schwierclschwie@iu.eduPrimary Sources as OERs (Open-educational resources) OERs and affordable course content are mostly discussed in relation to open access journals, course modules, videos, etc, but in many cases shouldn't primary sources be included in this list? We know that in many cases instruction are using primary sources from our collections to at least supplment or fully avoid the use of textbooks in order to decrease costs for their students (plus primary sources have all the other benefits that we already are familiar with). I'd like to pull together a session of folks on this topic - are you marketing your TPS work in this way? Do you have examples to share? etc? Matt Strandmark, Education Archivist, University of Kentucky - launched program of openly accesible primary source instruction modules, used in a variety of classes. Often used as a substitute for other articles/textbooks, etc.; Brad Wiles, Special Collections and Archives Dept. Head, Northern Illinois University--I currently serve on the ALA Policy Corps and have been exploring ways to connect OER advocacy with policy/legislative priorities. Archives offer great potential for OER development and I'd be interested in discussing the some of the policy issues that may factor into this process. mstrandmark@uky.edu; bwiles@niu.edu
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Chas Cassidyccassidy@chipublib.orgCreating exhibits that showcase archival and special collectionsA panel discussing challenges, trends, and experiences creating exhibits that make use of archival materials for display in and beyond repository settings -- and, further, how exhibition can (re)incorporate historic images back into "the commons." Potential themes could include approaches to exhibit creation, using exhibits to explore difficult or controversial topics, managing community partner relationships, contextualizing historical monuments or sites through archival work, unique learning outcomes associated with archival exhibits, "failed" exhibits, digital exhibits, or reflections on collecting feedback/community engagement.Now closed!!
Chas Cassidy, Chicago Public Library;
Malia Van Heukelem, Art Archivist Librarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library;
Chloé Pascual, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, California State University, Long Beach;
Anthony Wright de Hernandez, Community Collections Archivist, Virginia Tech;
Ruth Edele, Archivist, The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Molly Tighe, Archivist & Public Services Librarian and Joseph Amodie, Associate Professor of Immersive Media, both at Chatham University, Pittsburgh		ccassidy@chipublib.org;
maliavh@hawaii.edu;
chloe.pascual@csulb.edu;
antwri@vt.edu; redele@nyspcc.org
mtighe1@chatham.edu
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Dan Noonannoonan.37@osu.eduWorking Collaboratively Within Your InstitutionHow do you and your archives/archival staff work and communicate effectively with your colleagues within your larger organization to achieve your goals? How do you deal with competing priorities? At Ohio State we have been working over then past few years to improve how we communicate, collaborate and decision-make.

This could be a panel w/short intros, or a tradional panel or some other "outside-of-the-box" session.		Ryan Leimkuehler - Kansas State University - University Records Manager - my topic could touch on - I helped develop an Archives and Academic Services Librarians Workshop to build better collaboration and use of our collections when AS Librarians work with instructors.

Allison Mills - Bryn Mawr College - College Archivist
Brandon Jackson- Assistant Archivist at the Instiute for Advanced Study..
Olga Virakhovskaya- Lead Archivist for Collections Management @ Bentley Historical Library, U of Michigan. At the Bentley, we've done formal training that helped us improve internal communication as well as communication with external stakeholders. For almost 10 years we've been using a model that includes learning about once's own communication style, then learning about others, and how to communicate with different "types." New staff members are interoduced to the model during orientation. It's been very helpful in Bentley's collaborative environment.

Krista Oldham, University Archivist Texas A&M University- In the fall of 2021 as the university resumed face-to-face learning the Texas A&M University Libraries found itself at the center of a large administrative reorganization based on recommendations that came from an external consulting firm’s high-level comprehensive review of the institution. The administrative reorganization greatly impacted the Archives as it restructured the libraries from a college to a service unit. This shift has presented archivists (and librarians too) with the challenge of redefining and reimagining what the library and their jobs would look like with staff status and how to effectively communicate our shifting priorities and new goals.

Jennifer Grant, archivist, and Nick Ruest, Digital Assets Librarian, York University (Toronto) - we have a small team of archivists (3 people) responsible for all aspects of our archival program (collections management, instruction, reference, digital preservation). In 2022, we participated in a library cross-departmental working group led by Nick to revise and further develop digital preservation policies across the library. It has been a very positive experience, allowing us to finally plan and work collaboratively with different internal stakeholders responsible for various digital platforms. Key to this process was the adoption of a RASCI exercise to identify roles, responsiblities and gaps.

Andrew Kopp, Project Archivist, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - I am on a team of four in a university library: two faculty (myself and our Special Collections and Archives Director) and two staff (a Reading Room Coordinator and Special Collections and Archives Coordinator). The Reading Room Coordinator and I share working space in our special collections library (although we are on opposite sides of the room), the Special Collections and Archives Coordinator works alone on the 4th floor, and our SC&A Director was recently located to an isolated office away from the special collections library. This makes communication a challenging priority. We heavily rely on e-mail to stay in communication with our projects, SC&A and library events, etc. We meet in-person at least once a week to update each other on topics. Unfortunately, our separatedness makes creating a consistent working camaraderie next to impossible. Each of us doesn't have someone directly near us to communicate with and are commonly left to work alone in isolated spaces. I personally try to make an effort to visit with other unit members just to have face-to-face contact beyond our weekly meetings. This helps with getting clarification on certain things and provides the social interactions needed to maintain a healthy working environment.

Colleagues from American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) and the Center for Jewish History (CJH) - AJHS is a partner at the the Center for Jewish History, which provides a collaborative environment for five organizations: 4 archives and 1 museum. We have a unique perspective on collaborating with the Center itself on programming, grants, and other resources, and would love the opportunity to showcase our experiences of that model over several years in conversation with professionals from other institutions/environments.

Elizabeth Carron, Senior Accessioning Archivist, Boston College -- My role was invented in 2020; despite COVID-19, my colleagues and I have spent the last few years reforming departmental functional areas, documenting workflows, aligning the department with other Special Collections workflows, and asserting programmatic authority within both the Library system and the university as a whole, especially in regards to workflows that include born-digital content acquisition and stewardship. This has been very challenging and requires a lot of energy, perseverance, strategic vision, and creativity. 		Jennifer Grant: grantj@yorku.ca
Andrew Kopp: adkopp@cpp.edu
Ryan Leimkuehler: rleimkue@ksu.edu
Allison Mills: amills1@brynmawr.edu
Dan Noonan: noonan.37@osu.edu
Krista Oldham koldham@tamu.edu
Nick Ruest: ruestn@yorku.ca
Olga Virakhovskaya: volga@umich.edu
Tamar Zeffren: tzeffren@ajhs.org
Elizabeth Carron, carrone@bc.edu		SESSION CLOSED TO NEW INTEREST 2022-11-08
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David Staniunasdstaniunas@history.pcusa.orgThe role of archival work in maintaining the commons, including water, land, and other natural resources*Preservation and Conservation Under Global Heating* How does the sterile surface of the archival storage environment shift under globial heating? Are we creating conditions for "unsafe failure" of our systems? How are archivists addressing the fossil fuel costs of our storage environments? Is the 65F/50%RH benchmark obsolete? What can archives in the global north learn from archives in the global south about collections care without HVAC?(me, possibly Francisco Marrero, Seminario Evangelico de Teologia, Matanzas, Cuba); Chloé Pascual, Archivist & Special Collecitons Librarian, California State University, Long BeachChloe.Pascual@csulb.edu
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Diana Marshdmarsh@umdAggregators, linked data, subject guides, and other tools for community discovery Our team would like to work with others who are interested in helping communities discover their archival materials. We are working in SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context) on a project to enhance and make discoverable Indigenous materials for community researchers, and we're interested in other approaches to these problems for specific communities (aka subject guides, linked data, ArchiveGrid, NAFAN, Wikidata etc.)
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DiAnna Hemsathdianna.hemsath@unmc.eduInstitutional Growth or ChangeHow do you adjust to a change or growth in your institution? How did you rethink archival collection management in response to this change? How did this create new opportunities for collaboration? New challenges?

This could be lightning talks or a panel discussion

The McGoogan Health Sciences Library Special Collections and Archives Department experienced an expansion in its mission when the library added a museum. Previously, department staff focused primarily on collecting and providing access to rare books and archival collections. With the addition of an adjacent professional field and new team members, the department had expanded collective goals. The exhibits provided further campus exposure for the library’s archival collections. The exposure generated opportunities for broader use of the archival collections and collaborations across campus. It has presented challenges to collection management priorities and practices. 		Stephanie Satalino, Senior Archivist Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY.; Renee D, James, Curator, Greater Arizona Collection, Arizona State University; Melissa A. Weber, Curator, Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz at Tulane University Special Collections; ssatalin@cshl.edu ; Renee.D.James@asu.edu; mweber3@tulane.edu;Note from MW: If relevant, I could contribute either with a lightning talk, formal paper, or panel participation. Here's my specific discussion topic related to institutional growth and change: "For over 60 years, the Archive of New Orleans Jazz, later renamed the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, has stewarded collections that reflect stories of traditional New Orleans jazz music. In 2020, the archive underwent a rebranding, which included a collection development policy, and yet another name change. This paper will discuss how these efforts contribute to discoverability, community and donor outreach, 'unsettling the commons' by disrupting common narratives, and conversations about assigned names and what Hogan Archive collections do and should represent."
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Dina Mazinadina_mazina@sec.senate.govArchival education for non-archivists A panel to discuss instruction and curriculum creation for training non-archivists who are assigned archives duties as part of their job. Closed for new applicants (I'm not sure why this section keeps getting erased :( )
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Ed Benoitebenoit@lsu.eduSupporting Personal Archival PreservationA panel discussing different outreach approaches to support community members with preserving their own archival materials. This would include my own work with veterans and the Virtual Footlocker Project as part of an IMLS GrantAngela Houserangela.houser@utsouthwestern.edu
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Elizabeth Jameselizabeth.james1@mail.wvu.eduCollaboratively Solving Born-Digital Processing ProblemsBorn-digital processing practices vary significantly across institutions based on unique technology infrastructures and available staff, resources, and expertise. This makes researching and creating a born-digital processing workflow incredibly difficult as workflows and tools are difficult to make generalizable. I'm looking for 1-3 cohosts who may be interested in hosting an alternative format session (maybe using Wise Crowds? https://www.liberatingstructures.com/13-wise-crowds/) to help participants solve born-digital processing issues. Attendees would be divided into groups with each group structured around participants improving a single part of their workflow for born-digital materials. I am considering doing the following stages: accession, appraisal, processing, description, and access. I think pre-accession and recurring preservation/management activities might be helpful as well, but those initial five are good core activities to start the conversation.John Caldwell, Coordinator of Political Papers and Electronic Records, University of Delaware; Jennifer Follen, Chief Digital Preservation Officer, University of Rhode Island; Jess Farrell, Community Facilitator, BitCurator Consortium; Sally Ma, Sr Research Data Analyst, Opioid Industry Documents Archive - Johns Hopkins Universityjcald@udel.edu; jennifer.follen@uri.edu; jess.farrell@educopia.org; sma50@jh.edu
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Gwynn Thayergathayer@ncsu.eduOral Histories in the ArchiveI'm teaching a graduate course on oral histories (public history) and also work as the Chief Curator in Special Collections. I'd like to get a panel that addresses issues relating to oral histories in the archive, especially addressing gaps/silences in the archive. Our class project will relate to Environemental Justice, a new collecting area. Gwynn Thayer, Associate Head and Chief Curator of Special Collections at NC State University Libraries, and also an affiliate member of the history department at NC State University ; Sarah Ferguson, Archivist and Librarian for Historic Charleston Foundation; Carrie Meyer, Assistant Professor and Head of Special Collections and Archives at University of Nebraska Medical Center; Zack Stein, Assitant Professor and Head of Special Collections at University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Alexandria Gough, Archivist at the Choctaw Cultural Center located within the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - I am currently a member of the Community Curation Team reviewing Choctaw oral histories from the Doris Duke Collection held at the University of Oklahoma Western History Collections. The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and participating Universities who house the collections are working on a digital repatriation of oral histories to Native Nations. ; Michelle Chiles, Head of Archives and Special Collections at Providence College - We recently launched our Dear Future Friars oral/video history project, with a pilot round focusing on the stories of Black alumni and other alumni of color. Our project focus comes from a specific alumni conversation, self-assessment of gaps in our student life/experiences in the archives, and a small grant from our IDEI office. Brandon Jackson, Assistant Archivist at the Institute for Advanced Studygathayer@ncsu.edu; sferguson@historiccharleston.org; carrie.meyer@unmc.edu; zackstein@louisiana.edu GROUP FULL
agough@choctawnation.com; mchiles@providence.edu bjackson@ias.edu
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Heather Gilbert and Kelly Hudsongilberthj@cofc.edu; hudsonkk@cofc.eduStrategies for Managing Archival BacklogsWe would like to propose a session where different institutions discuss what strategies and techniques they are using for managing their repository backlogs. Examples of strategies could include implementing minimal or efficient processing, revising collection development policies, and/or adopting more stringent acquisitions practices. "Backlogs" could be interpreted broadly - processing, accessioning, reference queries & duplication requests, etc. ...11/14 Currently Closed for Interested Participants
Alston Cobourn, University Archivist, East Carolina University; Claudia Willett, Processing Archivist, Stanford University; Jamie Wiser, Processing Archivist, BYU; Alex McGee, University Archivist, Georgia Tech, Mary Ellen Ducey, Uni Archivist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln		cobourna18@ecu.edu;
cwillett@stanford.edu;
jamie_wiser@byu.edu; alex.mcgee@library.gatech.edu
mducey2@unl.edu
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Jason Cerratocerratoj@simmons.eduArchival Theory 2023: Archives in the Era of the AnthropoceneThe focus of this session is intended to provide a space of reflection—and critical interrogation—regarding the current state of theory work within contemporary archival thought and practice. Set against the backdrop of increasingly fragmented and tumultuous social conditions (both domestically and internationally), this panel will consider the impact of recent and emerging social & intellectual movements on archival theory (Anthropocene Studies by way of Political Theory & Ecologism, #BLM, #metoo, Digital Humanities, Discursive Studies, et al.), particularly as it relates to attempts at decolonializing appraisal and arrangement practices, the changing terms of ‘ethical stewardship’ of materials in a post-colonial context, as well as reparative or rehabilitative descriptive work, amongst others.
In this sense, the core of this discussion centers upon the degree to which the profession has broadly internalized—and prioritized—the views, insights, and attitudes laid bare by new voices, myriad crises, and the changing character of 21st century social relations. Consequently, the objectives of this proposed panel are three-fold: a) to raise the visibility of current scholars developing theoretical explanations within 21st century archival endeavors (i.e., Where are the horizons of thought coming into focus?); b) to understand some of the shifting challenges or barriers—and evolving strategies—encountered in the field related to access, preservation, & representation addressed by theorists (i.e., What are recommended best practices for authentically representing digital identities and communities?); and c) deconstruct our own systems of thought as a means of identifying our own limitations and gaps.		Jason Cerrato, PhD Candidate @ Simmons School of Library and Info Science; Ref and Instructional Libraran at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Jessica Rogers-Cerrato, Reference Archivist, Providence College

Caitlin Christian-Lamb, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Lousiana State University; PhD candidate at University of Maryland.
Mark Wolfe, Curator of Digital Collections, University at Albany		cerratoj@simmons.edu; jcerrato@wpi.edu

jrogersc@providence.edu

ccassidy@chipublib.org caitlin.christianlamb@gmail.com

mwolfe@albany.edu		From JRC: Looking at issues surrounding diasporic archives through a case study on the archives of Jean Rhys. A consideration of the role archivists and scholars must have in cultivating decolonial descriptive practices, while concurrently embracing opportunities for cultural reclamation, expanded access, and material repatriation as a means of reunifying splits in diasporic literary collections in the face of historical fragmentation and colonial displacement.Mark Wolfe: As we enter the Anthropocene, archivists will need to reconsider mass education as it is currently implemented in college degrees, credentialing, and continuing education. The growing size and complexity of our profession requires access to sophisticated tools and expertise, which are financially exclusionary and exact a cost on our profession, and ultimately on the environment. As an alternative to this unsustainable trajectory, I will present theories, practices, and examples of education through the lens of Ivan Illich’s books, Deschooling Society and how they might apply to the archival profession.
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Jaycie Vos jaycie.vos@uni.eduBuilding a primary source literacy programI've developed a primary source literacy program at my university with a colleague from our campus museum. We've focused especially on pre-service teachers but do instruction with a range of majors and programs. We could talk about putting the PSL guidelines into practice in a variety of classrooms / ages of students, preliminary findings on the effectiveness of PSL instruction over the course of a semester, building PSL-specific concepts into an academic library's broader info lit program, opportunities and challenges of building a program at a mid-size regional public university, tools used in instruction (such as libwizard), etc. Would love to hear from others doing similar work.11/2/22 CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS (will update if this changes).
Joy Novak, Head of Special Collections, Washington University in St. Louis. Our university's art school recently began a new MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture program in partnership with the University Libraries. The students are required to take two, 3 credit courses around our collection materials, which I co-teach with our Modern Graphic History Library curator. The goal of these two courses are to develop the students' archival literacy so they can engage better engage in visual culture primary sources in their own studio practice as well as research. We are currently working with our 4th cohort of students.;
Matt Strandmark - Education Archivist, University of Kentucky - Where do we go now? Balancing growth in a PSL program with time constraints. How do you do targeted outreach and created deeper campus partnerships and shape an archives education program in a multi-disciplinary fashion?		jnovak@wustl.edu; mstrandmark@uky.edu
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Joanne Rileyjoanne.riley@umb.eduWikidata: Intro for ArchivistsAn intro to linked data with a few case studies of archives and archivists contributing cultural heritage data to Wikidata. At UMass Boston we're just getting started in this area, with a couple of early-stage projects that I can report on by summer 2023. I would love to join with a couple of others with varied levels of experience with Wikidata projects, workflows, ethics, potential and tools to present and discuss with attendees.Greta Suiter, Manuscripts Archivist, Ohio University
Alan Munshower, Digital Collections Archivist, Virginia Tech
Jeremy Floyd, Project Archivist, Indiana University, Bloomington
Jess Farrell, Community Facilitator, Software Preservation Network - I know several SPN community members contributing heavily to Wikidata so if you want someone to talk about wikidata for software preservation topics, contact me and I will see if I can get someone to join!
Eden Orelove, Technical Services Archivist, Smithsonian Institution: The archival units at the Smithsonian (14 total) are collaboratively developing a work plan and conducting a case study to increase our presence on SNAC, Wikidata and Wikipedia. Our work has included gathering identifiers through pan-institutional efforts, updating and uploading records in SNAC, and developing a workflow for moving the data from one system to another. Working with the Wikipedian-in-residence at SI and other interested parties, we have already be updated/created thousands of SNAC, Wikidata and Wikipedia records and will be ramping up our work on this project in the months to come.		suiter@ohio.edu; alanmun@vt.edu; jjfloyd@iu.edu; jess.farrell@educopia.org; orelovee@si.eduSESSION CLOSED TO NEW INTEREST 2022-11-16
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Jordan Jancosekjordan_jancosek@brown.eduAccessioning for AccessI would like to explore and deep dive the term, “accessioning for access.” What does this mean at its most simple, and its most complicated? What are the ethical issues that surround this practice? Is it a helpful or harmful practice for repositories? I am particularly interested in this concept in a post-pandemic environment, and prioritizing collections for research and processing.11/2/22 CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS (will update if this changes).Hanna Ahn - Stanford University - Assistant University Archivist; Jessica Maddox, Collections Management Archivist, University of Nevada, Reno; Mae Casey - Accessioning and Collections Management Archivist, Penn State University; Chloe Pfendler - Processing Archivist - Stanford University Special Collectionshahn1@stanford.edu; maddoxj@unr.edu; mmc6974@psu.edu; pfendler@stanford.edu
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Katherine Crowekcrowe@alexlibraryva.orgNascent, collaborative community projects (incubator session)My institution (Local History/Special Collections at public library in Alexandria, VA) just recently joined Community Webs and so we are in the *very* early stages of launching a web archiving program. We are envisioning this program as not just a way to grow our collections, but also to provide a new avenue for building relationships in our community. I'd love to do an incubator session with other folks who are in the very early stages of getting a collaborative community project off the ground. Other digital or web archiving projects would be cool to group together in a session, but I think this could be really interesting with a variety of projects that are looking to strengthen and build community relationships as a primary or secondary goal.
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Laura Starrattlaura.starratt@emory.eduSolutions to carbon emissions through collaborationI'm interested in highlighting (and creating a space for collaboration) new ways to lessen our impacts on the environment; from working with local institutions to pack donor materials to sharing electronic access and preservation sources. In addition, how can we as a profession collectively bargain to make changes to benefit our organizations as well as the environmentRebecca Fenning Marschall, Clark Library, UCLA (Really interested in this topic but no real best practices implemented thus far - just greater mindfulness with rehousing/physical processing and waste - but definitely interested in ways we can collaborate to create best practices for donors/booksellers shipping materials, or working with facilities depts on climate control & emissions, etc) Helena Egbert - I am interested in this, I am particularly interested in addressing adjusting set points (temp/humidity) in stacks as this is one of the largest carbon footprint contributions archives make. I have just begun doing the research to look into adjusting my institution's set points, so depending on how fast things move (I don't know right now), my contributions may be more informational/theoritcal than actual changes that have been implemented. But I am interested in contributing, if you are interested in having me!; Chloé Pascual, Archivist & Special Collecitons Librarian, California State University, Long Beach. I am also interested in this topic, but in the same boat as Rebecca. I'm coming from this from the point of view of an archivist who does not have control of HVAC for our collections (or room was not originally meant to house special collections), and so we have to manage humidity through standalone dehumidifiers. As I advocate to improve the environment for our materials, I want to find a way to do it responsibly for our larger environment.Rebecca Marschall rfenning@humnet.ucla.edu; Helena Egbert hhelena@ksu.edu; David Staniunas dstaniunas@history.pcusa.org; Chloé Pascual chloe.pascual@csulb.eduI would love to join this, please! Copying from row 14: *Preservation and Conservation Under Global Heating* How does the sterile surface of the archival storage environment shift under globial heating? Are we creating conditions for "unsafe failure" of our systems? How are archivists addressing the fossil fuel costs of our storage environments? Is the 65F/50%RH benchmark obsolete? What can archives in the global north learn from archives in the global south about collections care without HVAC? Ah, I wrote this three years ago: https://www.history.pcusa.org/blog/2019/09/our-carbon-footprint-archives
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Mary McRobinsonmary.mcrobinson@sos.oregon.govDecreasing Fees to Increase AccessFees can serve as unintentional -- and sometimes intentional -- barriers to requesting and accessing records. The Oregon State Archives, in consultation with OR DOJ, examined our fee structure with the goal of implementing fee waivers to improve remote access to records. OSA considered issues such as stakeholders' rights to access public records, the role of archival records in govt transparency and accountability, economic inequality, and in-house resources. Looking to add panelists who are considering removing -- or have removed -- fees associated with remote access to records with the goal of providing diverse perspectives on this topic for a lively and thougtful panel discussion. 11/22/22 CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS (will update if this changes).
Leland Riddlesperger, Assistant Archivist, The Mariners' Museum
Lauren Sallwasser, Associate Archvist, Photos and Prints, Missouri Historical Society		Lauren Sallwasser: lsallwasser@mohistory.org;
Leland Riddlesperger - lelandriddlesperger@gmail.com
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Matt Strandmarkmstrandmark@uky.eduScholarship and publishing as a practicing Archivist I'm interested in putting together a panel about academic publishing (books, articles, edited volumes, etc.) as an archivist. Specifically how our profession and/or institutions encourage or discourage academic pursuits, the role of faculty librarians, etc. What are the challenges related to attempting to publish in our field, and how can we remove barriers to ensure that archivists are well-represented in academic publishing? What steps have you taken to complete or publish your work? More specifically, and in relation to the conference theme, what does this reflect about the place of archivists in the academic "commons" and what does it say about our ability to contribute to and be recognized by our academic peers?
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Maya Nauntonmnaunton@amnh.orgWorking with a very specialized knowledge collection.I work at the American Museum of Natural History processing papers at the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. My background is in Art History and Archives. To understand the materials I work with, I have to collaborate with paleontology specialists in the department and with main Museum archive colleagues who know the history of the institution. I would like to explore the situation where archivists lack the specialized knowledge and have to cooperate with others within and outside the instution to do their work.Sarah Hayes, Digital Archivist, The Trustees of Reservations;
Meghan Kennedy, Archivist, American College of Surgeons; Vincent Barraza, Archivist & Digital Preservation Librarian, Xavier University of Louisiana; Elaine Nadeau, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery/Federation of St. Scholastica; Stephanie Bennett Rahmat, Project Archivist, The Trustees of Reservations; Stephanie Satalino Senior Archivist Institutional Collections Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY; Sally Ma, Sr Research Data Analyst, Opioid Industry Documents Archive - Johns Hopkins University 		shayes@thetrustees.org
mkennedy@facs.org; vbarraza@xula.edu; Enadeau@mountosb.org; bennett.s.e.b@gmail.com; ssatalin@cshl.edu; sma50@jh.edu		SESSION CLOSED TO NEW INTEREST 2022-11-28
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Meaghan O'Riordanmoriordan@mcsp.orgMoving into a new position at a much higher level and/or at a much different institutionI and many people I know changed jobs in the last year that were a bit more than lateral or even one step up from our current jobs. Even if they were lateral/one step up they might have been at a much different instiitution (in size, scope, context, etc.). I'd like to assemble a panel to talk about our shared experience in this situation - what we've learned, what we tried but didn't work, etc. For me, I was the Accessioning Archivist for the Rose Library at Emory in Atlanta and now I'm the Archivist for the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province (Winston-Salem, NC), so basically every single thing about my job and the context within which I do it has changed, which has been both exciting and challengingErik Bauer - Diocese of Olympia; Celia Emmelhainz - Smithsonian; Lydia Tang - LYRASIS; Sarah Patton - Nevada Historical Society; Elspeth Olson - University of Nevada, Reno; Janaya Kizzie - Brown University; Andrew Kopp - Project Archivist, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Kelly Kress, Huntington Library; Sandra Varry, NC State University Libraries; Katie Rojas - University of Virginia; Katie Nash - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Angie Houser - UT Southwestern Medical Center; Michael Robertson - Public Services Archivist, Columbia Theological SeminaryErik Bauer - ebauer@ecww.org; Celia emmelhainzc@si.edu; lydia.tang@lyrasis.org; Sarah - spatton@nevadaculture.org; Elspeth - elspetho@unr.edu; Janaya Kizzie - janaya_kizzie@brown.edu
Andrew Kopp - adkopp@cpp.edu; kkress@huntington.org; Katie Rojas - fqv3ap@virginia.edu; Katie Nash - katie.nash@wisc.edu; 		SESSION CLOSED TO NEW INTEREST 2022-11-07
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Megan Mummeymegan.mummey@uky.edUnintended consequences of large scale processing or collection management projectsI'm interested in putting together a panel centered around the unintended consequences of large scale projects. At my own institution the example would be of an NEH grant we received in 2018 to process a 300 cubic foot collection: the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, made up of 1200 plus individual collections (small, medium, and large). We made the decision to process each collection by creator and create individual finding aids. This increase in discoverability created unintended consequences for the digital library search function, management of the collection, acquisition of new,related collections, and ethical dilemmas around the collecting practices of the collector. I could see this topic applying to lots of different areas in archives besides processing or collection management, such as digitization, acquisitions, and accession. So if you have an idea feel free to pitch it!Olga Virakhovskaya. Lead Archivist for Collections Management. Bentley Historical Library -U of Michigan.
Hillary Gatlin. Records Manager, Rubenstein Library, Duke University. (Last year we transferred a large collection (250 linear) of oversize architectural drawings from our Facilities Management Department; it continues to pose numerouse challenges for the University Archives, some expected, some unexpected).
Danielle Spalenka, Digital Initiatives & Preservation Archivist, Filson HIstorical Society. In 2000, the Filson received a grant to digitize materials of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Called the "First American West," it was a collaborative project with the University of Chicago and the Library of Congress. It was an early example of a digitized collection being used online. While this was a compltely innovative resource in 2000, the unitended consequence was that without the proper support and management, the resource languished and felt very dated. Twenty years later, the Filson is able to revive the project thanks to an NEH grant. This could explore the unitended consequences of being an early adapter of digitization/digital humanities projects.
Benn Joseph, Head of Collections Services, Northwestern University Libraries. Can speak about large-scale transfer of processed and unprocessed collections to us from another repository, and our approaches. Tanya Yule (Description Services Manager for Archival Control, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University) Processing the RFE/RL. Broadcast records -- 7500LF, 32 finding aids, 22 years of processing just being wrapped up. Incredibly complex collection with levels of evolution, including adding to ArchivesSpace, mass digitization, and a massive move
Jen Wachtel, Archivist, History Associates Incorporated. Can speak from the perspective of a consulting archives company about agreeing to process a collection of 317 linear feet and the logistics of managing a fluctuating team of consulting archivists, communications with a federal client, and learning the NPS records schedule.		volga@umich.edu
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danielle@filsonhistorical.org tyule@stanford.edu
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Michele Combsmrrothen@syr.edu[science fiction manuscript collections]we're just finishing up a very large SF collection (will likely be 550 boxes), wondering if anyone else might be interested in some topic focusing on SF archives - not books or zines, more on manuscript material - open to ideas for more specific focusAlison Reynolds, Georgia Tech - SF is one of our main collecting areas and we've recently purchased a few small SF manuscript collections that will need to be processed. Nothing as large as what you've described, but I'm up for discussing how to create a SF-focused session. Phoenix Alexander, UCR - the Eaton Collection is major SF resource, and I'd be very happy to talk about authors' archives!alison.reynolds@library.gatech.edu; phoenix.alexander@ucr.edu
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Molly Tighem.tighe@chatham.eduImmersive Media and Archives (or collaborations with faculty to explore appliacation of new tech) The Chatham Univ. Archives and Chatham Univ. Immersive Media Program have collaborated to facilitate student engagement with archival collections through application and use of immersive media tools. Framed as "Serious Play," the collaboration encourages students to develop opportunities to engage with collections while simultaneously presenting purposeful, advocacy materials that enhance or amplify a social good. The proposed session would present examples of the use of immersive and new media tools to enhance and expand use and recognition of materials documenting communities and culture.
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Patricia Rettigpatricia.rettig@colostate.eduThe role of archival work in maintaining the commons, including water, land, and other natural resources ; and partnerships in doing soLet's focus on this theme of actual historical commons -- how is this history documented in archives? What are interesting histories related to collections we have that we could bring to light? Why are commons important? And is this done in partnership between the archives and the community? This could also be broadened to talk about water/land/natural resources collections. I would want to talk about, in particular, the Records of the Land Rights Council which is based in Colorado's San Luis Valley, where they work on maintaining traditional access to a commons established under the Spanish land grant system. There are important implications here for a culturally diverse community. I could also talk more broadly about Colorado State University's Water Resources Archive and the extensive partnerships we have in documenting western water issues. If you're interested in joining a proposal for a panel discussion along these lines, please contact me asap!
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Robert Perretrperret@uidaho.eduNeurodivergent people in archivesNeurodivergents are underrepresented in archival collections, discussions about accessibility in archives, and in representation of NDs in the profession as a whole. I am open to collaborating with others on any aspect of neurodivergence in archives.Sophia McGuire, Assistant Director of Archives, Dominican Sisters of Peace in Columbus, Ohio. I am interested in learning more about the makup of the archives profession: how many of us are neurodivergent in some way? How does this impact our work? What challenges do we face and what strengths do we have?
Anthony Wright de Hernandez, Community Collections Archivist, Virginia Tech. I'm interested in the topic and think it's worth exploring. Might require some research to get a sense of representation of neurodivergent people in archival collections and in the profession. Certainly interested in exploring.		sophia.mcguire@oppeace.org;
antwri@vt.edu
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Shaun Hayeshayes29@uwm.eduArchives as Resources in Times of CrisisGiven the overlapping crises gripping conventional society, it's important to consider how archives can serve as tools of resilience and recovery during challenging times. I would love to participate in a panel that explores ways in which archives can support communities in all of their manifestations facing challenging circumstances. kathie.schey@surfcity-hb.org, As City Archivist for Huntington Beach, Orange County CA, was in the "firing line" when our first Latino council member (a nationally famous MMA fighter and staunch Republican) famously resigned and a replacemnt had to be identified. Bitter council fights ensued with ideas about process and individuals coming from all sides. In the end, archival materials supported the final process, supporting our city's first African American council member being appointed. A critical study using archival materials which turned out to support important DEAI objectives. (310) m809-0217
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Theresa Bergertheberg@umn.eduNavigating a New Institution in a New World: Year OneI'd like to create a panel focusing on advice for new appointees at large institutions. How do early or mid-career professionals navigate their roles - and their careers - in a pandemic-driven environment where burnout might influence the willingness to collaborate or intensify hesitancy towards "shaking things up." A mix of early/mid-career and seasoned professionals having a discussion would be great.11/16 (CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS. WILL UPDATE IF THIS CHANGES). Katie Nash, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Caitlin Birch, James Madison University; Joe Lueck, Union College; Angel Diaz, UC Santa Barbara; Derek Webb, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Stephanie Bennett Rahmat - Trustees of ReservationsKatie Nash, katie.nash@wisc.edu; Caitlin Birch, birchjc@jmu.edu; lueckj@union.edu; mangeldiaz@ucsb.edu; webbds@uwm.edu, bennett.s.e.b@gmail.com
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"Full of Emotions": Emotional Labor and and Trauma in the Archives
Emotional labor is a recent topic of interest in library and archival work, and research has explored how library professionals experience emotional labor in the workplace. However, there is a significant gap in terms of addressing how archive workers, from their own perspective, process and regulate emotional labor and trauma. In particular, the purpose of this session is to examine how archive workers are essentially “grief workers,” and may experience trauma due to the nature of archival work.Roger Christman, Senior State Records Archivist, Library of Virginia; Vincent Barraza, Archivist & Digital Preservation Librarian, Xavier University of Louisiana; Veronica Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Rhode Island College; Caitlin Greenamyre, Archivist, Columbia Theological Seminary; Blake Spitz, Archives and Manuscripts Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Robin Watson, Archivist, Chambers County Public Library (Valley, AL) roger.christman@lva.virginia.gov; vbarraza@xula.edu; vdenison@ric.edu; greenamyrec@ctsnet.edu; bspitz@library.umass.edu; robinwatson@chamberscountylibrary.orgNote from VB: (I have some insight into this as I was part of a panel for SEMC 2021 titled, "Handling Hard History." Here is the breakdown, "We usually separate ourselves from the objects we handle, preserve, and interpret. We make sure the objects are properly stored and exhibited and that the stories we share are authentic. Sometimes the separation fails, and things get overwhelming. We are confronted with the harsh history of some of these objects. Hear a variety of perspectives and engage in thoughtful discussion about how we are personally affected and how we can cope.")Note from RC: I would discuss the records of the Virginia Tech Review Panel and related email of Governor Tim Kaine's administration. Note from CG: I am very interested in archives as ritual for donors at end of career, end of life, passing of family member, etc and how archivists facilitate these rituals with pastoral care. Note from BS: I am interested in the examples noted by others connecting archival work to grief work, ritual facilitation, and emotional labor; however, I would like to address another angle of this topic as related to donor relations. Often relations between archivists and donors go beyond professional or surface level interactions, due to the nature of personal and family papers collecting. My unit, like many others, sees donations as relationship building and as a start to an ongoing connection, not a onetime transactional event. This reality brings emotional boons of course, but can also be traumatic when donors undergo health scares, age, and die. I would like to share experiences related to a donor’s/friend’s passing during the pandemic, and the worsening health condition of another donor with whom I have a close professional-personal relationship, and explore with others how we can process and use the emotional attachments often created due to the nature of our work.Note from RW: I am interested in grief in archival work, along similar lines, but especially as it relates to donations. I've noticed that for many donors, their gifts were prompted by the loss of a loved one. I'm interested in the role that archival donations may play in the grief process.
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