MARAC 2019 Spring - Morgantown, WV 11-13 April
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Item Archives Month as a Way to do Advocacy(2019-04) Lewandowska, Karolina; Spiers, Gabrielle; Mazzone, AlysonPoster presentation from the MARAC conference in Morgantown, WV on April 11-13, 2019. Part of the nationally celebrated American Archives Month, the U.S. Navy’s Naval History and Heritage Command archival staff to participate in Archives Month for the first time. Covering a range of issues, from getting started and developing a plan to balancing normal workload with additional Archives Month duties, this poster discusses how they have defined archival advocacy in order to make it both a manageable and scalable goal and an effective and meaningful project. The poster will also share resources and strategies that attendees can use in their own programs, whether for a single institution or for an entire region.Item Building Awareness of Archival Value: Working with Record Creators(2019-04) Lewandowska, Karolina; Resch, SesilyPresentation from the MARAC conference in Morgantown, WV on April 11-13, 2019. S18. BETTER BEGINNINGS, BETTER ENDS: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED BY ENGAGING RECORDS CREATORS As part of the U.S. Navy, the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC)'s mission is to preserve an accurate history of the Navy, including collecting official records. NHHC staff will share how they educate records creators, including naval personnel at all levels, to help them understand what archival value means, what it means for the records they create, how their records might be used once they reach the archives, and how to adapt and apply these concepts to future records transfers. Describing both successes and opportunities for further growth, panelists will discuss bringing traditional archival competencies to their work with record creators and what additional knowledge and skills are useful.