Session Chair: Kate Flynn (University of Illinois at Chicago / Chicago Collections)
"I'm not an archivist, but...": Working “Archives-Adjacent” to Transcend Traditional Library Roles Dinah Handel(1), Monique Lassere(2), Jenna Freedman(3), Mary Kidd(4), Stefanie Ramsay(5) 1: Stanford University; 2: University of Arizona; 3: Barnard College; 4: The New York Public Library; 5: Temple University
This panel features speakers who occupy “archives-adjacent” roles at their institutions, where their work may involve or be impacted by archival activities, but they are not archivists. These positions illustrate how information professionals must work across and between the boundaries of traditional archival roles and other forms of library work.
Systems and Operations Coordinator, New York Public Library
Mary Kidd (@kiddarchivist) is an archivist and illustrator. By day, she works for New York Public Library's Preservation and Special Collections Processing Department. She is also Co-lead on Preserve This Podcast, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded grant project teaching preservation... Read More →
Stefanie graduated from the University of Washington’s iSchool with a focus on digital collections. She was a member of the NDSR Boston Cohort during which she performed a comprehensive assessment of Massachusetts State Government websites for web archiving and recommended policies... Read More →
My pronouns are she/her. I like to talk about books, zines, cats, cataloging, smashing the state, and perimenopause.https://glammr.us/@zinelibhttps://bsky.app/profile/zinelib.bsky.social
Monday October 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
Florida Salon V
