Personal Archiving: Preserving Your Student Activism (In Person)
When:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Where: University Library, Ver Steeg Faculty Lounge (3 South), 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Katie Risseeuw
Group: Northwestern Libraries
Category: Lectures & Meetings, Training, Global & Civic Engagement
Description:
Students who participate in protests, organizing, or political groups often have documentation of their activism. Fliers, signs, photos, and social media posts are commonly created. This workshop will discuss the best practices to preserve this material, both physical objects and digital formats. Learn about appropriate storage, care and handling, damaged materials, born-digital files, and social media in order to best steward your own collection. Archival materials, both physical and digital, that document past activism will be on display.
Presented by Katie Risseeuw, Preservation Librarian; Kelsey O’Connell, Digital Archivist; and Andrea Martinez, Archival Processing Specialist