Collaboration in the Midst of Change: Growing Librarian-Archivist Partnerships for Engaging New Students and Faculty

Collaboration between librarians and archivists is a valuable way to share expertise and effort when instructing first-year English students on research skills they will need to succeed in college. It is also vital to orienting new faculty to library and archive resources for their scholarship and teaching, as well as encouraging students to value the library and archives resources and knowledge. The unique first-year English program at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) provides a constantly renewing pool of both new students and faculty members. This article identifies common themes in library and archive instruction and key elements of engaging first-year faculty and their students in becoming long-term patrons, in the midst of Georgia Tech’s Library Next initiative, a re-imagining of the twenty-first century library and a major renovation of physical spaces

Books Reviews

Peer reviews of: Becoming a Trusted Digital Repository, by Steve Marks Digital Preservation Essentials, by Erin O\u27Meara and Kate Stratton, edited by Christopher J. Prom Teaching with Primary Sources, edited by Christopher J. Prom and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Donors and Archives: A Guidebook for Successful Programs, by Aaron D. Purcell Archives in Libraries: What Librarians and Archivists Need to Know to Work Together, by Jeanette A. Bastian, Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, and Donna Webber Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century, by Kate Eichhorn Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives, by Anne J. Gilliland Perspectives on Women\u27s Archives, edited by Tanya Zanish-Belcher with Anke Vos

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Mirror, Mirror On the Wall Show Me Documents That Represent Us All: Using Archival Records To Create Inclusive Lessons in the Classroom

The Liberated Archive: A Forum for Envisioning and Implementing a Community-Based Approach to Archives, which will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, July 29, in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.Studies have shown that children who see diversity in the stories they read have both a stronger confidence in their identity and show greater empathy towards others. This same principle can be applied to historical documents. Focusing on the dominate historical narrative can imply a greater value and ability of one group which is historically inaccurate and perpetuates discrimination. Archivists work with K-12 populations and their educators to introduce concepts of archival literacy and primary source research, but there is little discussion about deliberately injecting these interactions with historical records that show diverse narratives. For example, the legacy collections of academic archives focus on the founders of the institution who are often white and male, but these stories do not reflect the role of women and minorities who also contributed to the success and sustainability of the school throughout its history. Helping students K-12 find relatable stories in the historical records of colleges and universities may also promote applications to higher education from underrepresented populations who now see themselves as part of the institution’s narrative

Intertwined Integration: The Story of Desegregation at Three Major Georgia Universities

Part of the Georgia Archives Symposium 2018: Celebrating Archival Record-Keeping: The Georgia Archives at 100. Proposal Invitation: The Georgia Archives invites proposals for presentations and posters for our 2018 symposium celebrating our 100th anniversary. We welcome proposals on a variety of topics, including the history of the Georgia Archives, record-keeping in Georgia, and other state or local archives. Use of Georgia Archives records is encouraged but not required.Archivists from University System of Georgia Institutions present on a collective topic from our schools’ histories to tell the story of higher education in Georgia, community development around the schools, and well-known Georgia alumni. Having access to many institutional archives increases resources and perspectives on a topic. Sometimes verification of historical anecdotes or answers to questions comes from evidence outside of the institution's own records. Using the archival materials from each institution’s collections as well as related records found in the Georgia Archives, the presenters show how research across archival institutions reveals intertwined stories. In leaning on each other in this way, we celebrate the practice of archival record keeping in its ability to provide dynamic accounts of historical events that support public services to our patrons, communities, and stakeholders

The African American Struggle for Library Equality

Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 472. Features interview with Dr Aisha M. Johnson-Jones, author of the book: "The African American Struggle for Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program". Dr Johnson-Jones discusses her research journey in writing about historical efforts to bring library services, library resources, and library education to the African-American community in the early 20th century

An Archive of Planet Earth

Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 424. Features interview with Nova Spivak, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Arch Mission Foundation about creating a backup of planet Earth