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The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiatives (FADGI) is an effort by federal agencies to articulate a common set of technical guidelines, methods, and practices for digitized and born-digital historical archival, and cultural content. FADGI guidelines also take the guesswork out of determining which scanning technologies are the best. Find out why we are proud of our Three-Star Rating by FADGI. #fadgi #federalgovernment #archives

The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiatives (FADGI) is an effort by federal agencies to articulate a common set of technical guidelines, methods, and practices for digitized and born-digital historical archival, and cultural content. FADGI guidelines also take the guesswork out of determining which scanning technologies are the best. Find out why we are proud of our Three-Star Rating by FADGI. #fadgi #federalgovernment #archives

The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiatives (FADGI) is an effort by federal agencies to articulate a common set of technical guidelines, methods, and practices for digitized and born-digital historical archival, and cultural content. FADGI guidelines also take the guesswork out of determining which scanning technologies are the best. Find out why we are proud of our Three-Star Rating by FADGI. #fadgi #federalgovernment #archives

The Media Fields Editorial Collective at UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Film and Media Studies welcomes submissions that critically engage the connections between space, media, and archival practice. We seek essays of 1500–2500 words, digital art projects, and interviews from scholars and practitioners alike. Potential submission topics include, but are not limited to: ●      Preservation: Precarity and decay, fragility, physicality, ontologies of the film and media archive and its objects, broadly construed ●      Cataloging: Metadata organization, archival etymology, reparative description and taxonomies, hierarchical data structures ●      Collection management: Power and ethics, restitution and social justice, collections policy, community oversight, institutional and/or community-based funding structures ●      Memory: Personal, collective, historical and/or cultural memories, archival modes of erasure, loss, and silence ●      Curation: Accessibility, community engagement, digital interfaces ●      Provenance: Found footage, orphan films, transnational displacement ●      Archival space: Traditional institutions, digital databases, garages, basements Past Media Fields issues and submission guidelines may be found at mediafieldsjournal.org. Please email all inquiries and submissions to issue co-editors Kelsey Moore and Hannah Garibaldi at submissions@mediafieldsjournal.org by October 31, 2024.

At the core of an archivist’s social responsibility is recognizing that the archival record is a cornerstone of cultural heritage. The archival record is not an exclusive domain; it is a shared cultural heritage, and archivists embrace their social responsibilities by establishing equitable, clearly defined policies and procedures for selecting, preserving, accessing, and using this invaluable resource. The archival record is a tangible connection to the past, a repository of stories, knowledge, and experiences that define our societies, institutions, and individuals. Archivists understand that they are the stewards of this heritage, entrusted with preserving it for current and future generations. Individuals and communities depend on archivists to ensure their memories are not lost. Archivists engage with diverse constituencies, each with its unique history and cultural identity. They work with community organizations, institutions, and individuals to collect, organize, and protect the materials that represent their collective memory.

This OCLC Research blog post on challenges in stewarding born-digital archival collection identifies common themes that cut across sizes and types of archival programs. That must mean that there opportunities to work together to develop solutions! https://lnkd.in/eSmJRagJ

This is a longer film (about 90 minutes), and an essential one for teaching history inclusively. “Unarchived” from National Film Board of Canada is a film that challenges traditional archival practices and encourages us to question what is not being told, to make space for diverse voices, and to build capacity for alternative archives. We can ask students powerful questions for critical thinking: “What are the silences or gaps in the historical record?” or “How would our understanding of Canada be different if all people were given an equal voice in the historical record? Consider pairing this film with a field trip to your local archives for your Canadian history course. http://bit.ly/45VEUb3

These posts on archival practice by Samantha Thompson PhD MLIS of Region of Peel Archives are always excellent — a great resource for archivists, but also written and presented in such a way to make them accessible by the general public (and thus an effective outreach/engagement and educational tool). I’m so glad to see this series make a comeback. 👏 https://lnkd.in/g4DpAzyg #archives #archivist #bestpractices

#SAAwords: artificial collection n. ~ an intentionally assembled collection of archival resources with varying provenances An artificial collection is also something called an assembled collection. https://lnkd.in/gYqnqJpf

In 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 Margot Note Consulting, LLC writes “To advocate for their departments, archivists must first understand the organizational culture in which they operate … including the organization’s internally or externally focused orientation and its inclination towards maintaining control or embracing change.” Don't forget to register for the companion webinar, Organizational Culture and Internal Advocacy, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Learn more... #archives #archivist #archivists #archival #SpecialCollections