Featuring profiles of outreach & advocacy in cultural heritage
by Michelle Slater
Lauren Goodley is a professional archivist with The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. She has been in her current position for five years, and has taken on various projects, responsibilities, and collaborations; as her role continues …
by Thera Webb
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Lindsay Sprechman, the Collections Archivist for the Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society. Sprechman became interested in archives during college when she was an intern at …
by Elena Hoffenberg
Caitlin Birch combines her academic training as a historian and professional archival expertise in digital forms as the Digital Collections and Oral History Archivist at Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College. Birch completed her MLIS and …
by Bree Comeau
Having begun her professional career as a middle school teacher in Washington state, Michelle Chiles, always had a passion for outreach and supporting her community. In 2009, she moved halfway around the world when her partner was …
by Sacha Mankins
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center of Little Rock, Arkansas, celebrates the history and culture of Black Arkansans, with special emphasis on African-American fraternal organizations and black businesses. I recently spoke over the phone with the Cultural …
Welcome to LIS 476, Spring ’18!
We’ll be launching a new series of our Professional Profiles starting in early March. Each profile will feature an archivist or cultural heritage professional working in innovative and impactful ways to connect communities to …
Thanks dedicated readers and participants. The SLIS476 blog Archives Unboxed is now wrapping up for the Fall 2017 season. Stay tuned for more posts and cultural heritage projects coming in Spring 2018.
I will also be turning the reigns over …
by Anna Faherty
The Science Museum of Minnesota, located in downtown St. Paul on the Mississippi River, has been an important institution since its founding in 1907. Learn more about the museum at its website: https://www.smm.org/. At the science …
by Alden Ludlow
About a year ago I was tasked with putting together an exhibit for the small reading room at the Wellesley Historical Society. Having just reorganized and processed our Picture Postcard Collection, I decided it was ripe …