MARAC Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
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Item Moving from positive to negative : working across disciplines on large photograph digitization projects(2019-11-09) Lemmen, Barbara; Shilstut, Natalie; Starr, Laura Kopp; Taylor, NancyHistoric images are in demand—especially those available for discovery online. At the same time, digitizing large photograph collections can be daunting, particularly when a project involves balancing access and preservation with tight budgets, limited staff, and fragile or deteriorating objects. Outside collaborators can help leverage available resources and increase the effectiveness and reach of the project but identifying and recruiting partners and keeping diverse stakeholders on the same page can be challenging. Panelists will discuss collaborating across disciplines on two large digitization projects, the Religious News Service photographs, 1945-1982 (about 60,000 prints and negatives) and the Los Angeles Department of Public Works photographic materials (about 700,000 prints, negatives, and slides).Item After the Event: Response, Stabilization, and Salvage of Photographic Collections(2019-11-09) Feige, Dyani; Lemmen, BarbaraPhotographic materials have complex structures, specialized needs, and inherent preservation vulnerabilities; salvaging these materials safely after a disaster incident can sometimes be more challenging than salvaging collections that are primarily paper. This workshop will address disaster response with a focus on photographic collections. Presenters will share practical procedures for efficient initial response and stabilization of a disaster scene and will give specific guidelines on salvaging and caring for photographs following a disaster. The session will conclude with a brief, hands-on exercise in which participants will have a chance to witness and practice simulated salvage of photographic materials.Item Sparking Interest in Archival Research(2019-11-08) Reader, David BThe power point slides of David Reader's presentation on November 8, 2019. The educator and the use of archival materials (logistics, assignments, and experience).Item Putting Out Fire and Sucking Up the Water(2019-11-08) Wick, Harrison; Feige, Dyani; Montori, Carla; Van Osten, Kayla; Borin, JillThis presentation will focus on the best practices for creating effective disaster response manuals and how each institution has developed policies to protect their collections and respond to disasters, including the outbreak of mold. Panelists will discuss their experiences and how creating response plans has changed the outcome of disasters – from working with a variety of different types of institutions to create emergency plans, to dealing with mold outbreaks (whether recurrent or discovered in a recent donation), to adapting an institution’s disaster response manual to address new concerns about collection storage and technology. How has your institution responded to the threat of disaster and what challenges have you encountered? The presenters encourage the audience to share their experiences.Item Great Expectations: Community Engagement in Processing the Punk Archive(2019-11-08) Barker, RayRay Barker, an Archivist at the DC Public Library, describes the background and history of the Punk Archive, and the efforts he's undertaken in working closely with donors, by including them in aspects of processing physical materials, he's worked towards setting appropriate expectations of the donor with regard to their individual collections, including donors Mark Andersen, Cindy Uleman, and Tom Berard.Item Program for the Fall 2019 MARAC Meeting: Fire & Water: Keeping the Flame Alive(2019-11) MARAC: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives ConferenceThe program for the Fall 2019 MARAC meeting, "Fire & Water: Keeping the Flame Alive" held November 7-9 in Cambridge, MD.Item Labor Union Organizing in the Archives(2019-04-13) Bhatia, Sharmila; Delinger, Kevin; Eidson, JenniferUnions are organized to advocate for workers' rights in the workplace, whether that be in a factory, an academic library, or a federal archives. Panelists spoke about their perspectives on unions in libraries and archives and the union history of their organizations. What is it like to be a union member during a time when there are actions to undermine national and international unions? How does this impact the ability of the union to effectively negotiate with management? Organizing efforts in the Bakers Union, a key labor collection at the University of Maryland, will be highlighted as an interesting example from the 1970s, before the Reagan administration, to show the differences in the labor situation when compared to now.Item Student Workers and Special Collections: A Symbiotic Relationship?(2019-06-11) Romans, Laura; McKittrick, AllisonMany special collections utilize student labor, and in many cases, tight funding and resources dictate that the students provide what the profession often considers high-level skills, including providing reference services and processing collections. Consequently, professional staff invest significant amounts of time and energy to provide students with the training and support necessary to carry out these tasks successfully, even if the student only stays for a semester or two. Based on their experiences as student workers and now as managers, the presenters of this session will explore the essentialness of student labor and consider both the concerns and opportunities that arise as a result.Item Drawing the Circle Wider: Employing Individuals on the Autism Spectrum in the Archives(2019-04-13) Beland, Matthew RobertPresentation by Matthew Beland for "Archivists, Love, and Communities" at MARAC Morgantown, April 2019. This presentation discusses the disability of autism in relation to the archives and addresses several questions: What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? How do people with ASD work in other workplaces? What can we expect when archives employ people with ASD? Examples of other workplaces that employ people “on the spectrum” and literature discussing the same are provided.Item From PPG Works #8 to the Work of Processing: Harnessing Personal Experience and Lifelong Glassworkers to Enhance Description of PPG Industries Photographs(2019-04-12) Green, SierraAs an archivist with the Heinz History Center's Detre Library and Archives, Sierra Green was afforded the opportunity to process the PPG Industries Records, a collection pertaining to the history of the glass industry in Western Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. For over 38 years, her father has been an industrial glassworker. As a college student during summer breaks, Sierra worked alongside her father as a glassworker. Serendipitously, this archival collection originated from the very same company for which her father has worked for most of his life. What follows in this presentation are her reflections from this experience as well as applicable strategies to partner with industry workers in order to enhance collection description.