In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library and the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team regarding the work we are doing at ASU Library and the work library and archives professionals are doing associated with community archiving. As we enter May and the official start of summer here in the Valley of the Sun we find ourselves in unique circumstances as we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic situation that has changed so much for us all. As the CDA team announced at the beginning of April, we have taken our in-person events and turned them into virtual events hosted via Zoom. Our 4 Show & Tell events held in April were a great way for us to continue to connect with the communities we have committed to serving via the initiative started by Nancy Godoy in 2017.
The CDA is continuing to host virtual events for the month of May and would like to announce that we have another Show & Tell event schedule for May 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm. We will also be hosting two other events for the month of May and will announce those details shortly. Please follow our CDA Facebook page or the CDA Instagram page for details regarding our events and to keep up to date with our team and the events, virtual and in-person, we will be hosting. For more details about how to download Zoom to attend these events we are hosting please visit this link. We have also made some changes to our website to better describe the community-driven archives initiative at ASU Library so please visit that page to learn more about our work or to connect with the team.
Contact me, Jessica Salow, with feedback at Jessica.Salow@asu.edu, as I would love to hear from you your thoughts regarding the work we here at ASU are doing in community archiving around Arizona. We also want your feedback on what you would like to see from us in future blog posts. See you next week!