Review of Seeking a New Life for Indigenous Archives

Thirteen essays in Afterlives of Indigenous Archives, assembled and edited by Ivy Schweitzer and Gordon Henry Jr., collectively respond to the call to reconsider the archive and reinstate the principles and practices of indigenous archiving. The central element of such reconsiderations is the question of power sustained via the Western tradition of print culture and knowledge organization and, consequently, of conflicts and contradictions amassed in non-indigenous repositories that preserve Indigenous heritage. Exploring alternative ways of preserving indigenous materials, the volume takes the reader from institutional frameworks through an examination of specific cases toward projections of digital innovations in indigenous archives and emphasizes collaborative archival work of indigenous communities and non-indigenous institutions

American Private Foundations in Russia: Locating Priorities

The study describes the increasing international assistance in the field of education in Russia and focuses on programs implemented by the US private foundations, tracing, translation of the foundations goals into actual programs in the region. Using data from a variety of sources, foundations program portfolios are analyzed in relation to thematic diversity and geographic spread; types of support and major recipients of aid. Then, a comparative documentation analysis is applied to the programs\u27 descriptions. A case study of two recent initiatives in Russian higher education is presented

Dusting off the old survival kit

Journal #55 from Media Rise's Quarantined Across Borders Collection by Natalia Kovalyova. From Russia. Quarantined in Austin, TX.This essay describes a transfer of survival and coping strategies developed under one type of crisis (a demise of a political system) to the situation of the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders.Media Rise Publications. Quarantined Across Borders Collection. Edited by Dr. Srividya "Srivi" Ramasubramanian

Impact factors for the humanities

This poster presents a study of research/scholarship impact factors in the humanities comparing the factors included in the calculation and their “fit” with different fields of humanistic inquiries. The study pays particular attention to altmetrics that go beyond citation-based metrics and asks what work, effort and scholarly activities in the humanities remain invisible and unaccounted for. Based on the findings, the author makes suggestions about the role and contribution of scholarly communication librarians in assisting humanities scholars on their campuses to better understand how to communication their research to various stakeholders, identifying publication strategies, formats, and dissemination channels that best highlight their achievements and their contributions to the discipline, their institutions, and larger communities