[SOA] RAAC: Preservation Week theme + advocacy connections

Tue Apr 27 16:38:41 EDT 2021

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From: Cathy Miller via Society of American Archivists <Mail at ConnectedCommunity.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 11:53 AM
To: Carleton, Janet <carleton at ohio.edu>
Subject: [SAA raac] : Preservation Week theme + advocacy connections

Dear RAAC members,  Please share the following with your membership.  This year's Preservation Week begins tomorrow, April 25 and runs through...
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Apr 24, 2021 10:53 AM
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Dear RAAC members,

Please share the following with your membership.

This year's Preservation Week begins tomorrow, April 25 and runs through May 1, 2021. The theme for Preservation Week 2021 is Preserving Community Archives. As stated here<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Falcts%2Fpreservationweek%2Fnhannah-jones&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C269c79b27ad14474f79008d9073917ec%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637548764061122055%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Wq7HL8FQ1lbbnifN%2FhCi00v3719WmidIPnnN4zJwTtc%3D&reserved=0>, "Community archives are organized by members of physical or self-identified communities-specifically those marginalized by traditional collecting institutions-and are focused on documenting and interpreting their own histories." Archival advocacy is important in any archival institution, but is especially important to the support of community archives. Here is a sampling of resources/articles/etc. related to community archives and advocacy work:

  *   A post from SAA's Issues & Advocacy Section blog in 2016 discussing a survey at the time designed to delve into the practical needs of community archives: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2514-9342/vol/68/iss/8/9<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emerald.com%2Finsight%2Fpublication%2Fissn%2F2514-9342%2Fvol%2F68%2Fiss%2F8%2F9&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C269c79b27ad14474f79008d9073917ec%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637548764061132053%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=v3Kt12pkp2vlwmy1ArzC5P7jim8pfGdl8RKKkAHcBEM%3D&reserved=0>
  *   The New England Archivists has a Community Archives Advocates Roundtable. To learn more, see https://newenglandarchivists.org/Community-Archives-Advocates<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewenglandarchivists.org%2FCommunity-Archives-Advocates&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C269c79b27ad14474f79008d9073917ec%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637548764061132053%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=oiNewvgnfC6Xt0lj%2FaIF8LAUBoi2NT08E%2BLBiiJ78AU%3D&reserved=0>
  *   This special issue of the journal Global Knowledge, Memory, and Communication focused on community and small archives: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2514-9342/vol/68/iss/8/9<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emerald.com%2Finsight%2Fpublication%2Fissn%2F2514-9342%2Fvol%2F68%2Fiss%2F8%2F9&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C269c79b27ad14474f79008d9073917ec%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637548764061142045%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8Zva9qj4O1ixF5QNzWNl76dZdDNlyoqgB2%2B%2FczOf81E%3D&reserved=0>
  *   A blog post highlighting the Community Driven Archives Project happening under the auspices of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Wilson Library. slis.simmons.edu/blogs/lis476/category/...<https://slis.simmons.edu/blogs/lis476/category/community-archives/>
I invite the RAAC representative from the New England Archivists to share any insights they may have about the work that there Community Archives Advocates Roundtable is doing via the RAAC listserv. Speaking from my role as the Society of Georgia Archivists' RAAC Liaison, we have discussed the community archives work happening in Georgia to some extent, but not with any concerted focus. Thus, I'd love to hear about the experiences of the NEA Roundtable and see if any of their initiatives and work could be applicable here in the state of Georgia.

All the best,
Cathy

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Cathy Miller
Chair, RAAC Advocacy Committee
Society of Georgia Archivists RAAC Liaison
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