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Exploring the Nuance of Community-Driven Archives: A Conversation with Archives Practitioners Jimmy Zavala and Nancy Godoy

Exploring the Nuance of Community-Driven Archives: A Conversation with Archives Practitioners Jimmy Zavala and Nancy Godoy
This University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries virtual public event highlighted community-driven archives projects that our guests, Nancy Godoy and Jimmy Zavala, have led, featuring inspirations, successes, and challenges.

What happens when large research university libraries engage in community outreach around archives and community memory? What should other university libraries know before embarking on community-driven archives projects? What should communities be aware of when they are approached to participate in these types of partnerships? Is it possible to generate and sustain more dynamic relationships… Continue reading Exploring the Nuance of Community-Driven Archives: A Conversation with Archives Practitioners Jimmy Zavala and Nancy Godoy

Published May 13, 2021
Categorized as Project Reflections, Sustaining Archives, Video Tagged Access

Planning and Starting a Digital Project

Planning and Starting a Digital Project
Wondering how to get started with a digital project like scanning old pictures or organizing and sharing your oral history recordings? This video with Lisa Gregory of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center will walk you through the steps of planning your project.
Published March 23, 2021
Categorized as Resources, Skills, Video Tagged Archival Formats, Tools

What Happens to Your Collection When It Goes to an Archive?

What Happens to Your Collection When It Goes to an Archive?
Are you looking for a home for your historical materials? Learn more about what happens when you send your collection to an institutional archive like the University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Wilson Special Collections Library.
Published February 16, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, Resources, Video Tagged Access, Curation, Definitions, Description, Methods, Partners, Storage

How to Participate in a Community Archive Project

How to Participate in a Community Archive Project
Learn about community archiving and memory projects. Get inspired to participate in or start one of your own.
Published February 16, 2021
Categorized as Resources, Storytelling, Video Tagged Archival Collections, Archival Formats, Curation, Definitions, Methods

Why Archives Matter

Why Archives Matter
Why invest in creating an archive? Learn about how your own artifacts and stories have the power to enrich your community. Your story is important.
Published February 12, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, Resources, Video Tagged Archival Collections, Curation, Definitions, Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (EKAAAMP), Local history, Partners

Copyright and Legal Issues in Archives

Copyright and Legal Issues in Archives
Have questions about how to protect your and your collaborators’ intellectual property? Starting a project and want to do what you can to protect your participants’ control over how their stories are shared in the future? Listen to this overview of legal considerations for community archivists with Anne Gilliland, JD, MLS, Scholarly Communications Officer at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Published February 12, 2021
Categorized as Archival Concepts, Resources, Video Tagged Access, Archival Collections, Local history, Methods

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Our Team

MarĂ­a R. Estorino, Principal Investigator
Chaitra Powell, Project Director
Biff Hollingsworth, Co-Investigator
Charlissa Rice, Business Services Coordinator
Sonoe Nakasone, Community Archivist
Kimber Heinz, Outreach Coordinator
Alex Paz Cody, Graduate Research Assistant
Gillian McCuistion, Graduate Research Assistant
Lidia Jo Morris, Graduate Research Assistant

Past Team Members

Bryan Giemza, Principal Investigator
Josephine McRobbie, Community Archivist
Bernetiae Reed, Project Documentarian and Oral Historian
Eldrin Deas, Graduate Research Assistant
Claire Du Laney, Graduate Research Assistant
Brenna Edwards, Graduate Research Assistant
Leah Epting, Graduate Research Assistant
Lucas Kelley, Graduate Research Assistant
Lindsay Terrell, Graduate Research Assistant
Merisa Tomczak, Graduate Research Assistant

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