by Meghan Turney
Erin O’Malley currently works as the Art on Campus Outreach Coordinator at Iowa State University. Erin has a background in museum studies and fell into archiving, considering the two fields are so intertwined. Erin earned her BA …
Meet Spencer Keralis, Director for Digital Scholarship at the University of North Texas
by Ayoola White
Spencer Keralis is in love with metadata. He blogs, he emails, he evangelizes his department to a variety of academic disciplines at his university. He is the Head of the Digital Humanities and Collaborative Programs Unit at …
Meet Lauren Goodley, Archivist at The Wittliff Collections
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 …
Meet Lindsay Sprechman, Collections Archivist at Jewish Heritage Center at the New England Historic Genealogical Society
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 …
Meet Caitlin Birch, Digital Collections and Oral History Archivist at Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College
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 …
Meet Michelle Chiles, Robinson Center Research Manager
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 …
Meet Christina Shutt, Director of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
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 …
Coming Soon: New Professional Profiles!
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 …
And that’s a Wrap!
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 …
“Social Science” at the Science Museum of Minnesota
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 …