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Dispatches from the Field - Alexander Soto
In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library staff who have assisted the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team with events and other work associated with community archiving. Today, we highlight a write-up from Alexa...
What archives mean to me: Preetpal Gill
One of the exciting outcomes of empowering people to become community archivists is seeing how those tools impact them. This week our student worker, Preetpal Gill, shares an example of how archives resonate with her. We’d love to hear more about what archives mean to you. Please contact Jessica Sal...
Moments of Joy Series
This submission to the visual theme series titled “Moments of Joy” for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog comes from Myra Khan, a student worker here at CDA who is currently a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Sustainability with minors in Political Science and Transborder S...
What #archivesglow means to me: Myra Khan
This second #archivesglow moment themed series submission for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog comes from Myra Khan, a student worker here at CDA who is currently a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Sustainability with minors in Political Science and Transborder Studies. M...
What is #archivesglow?
Nancy Godoy and Alana Varner As you may have seen in our previous posts, we often tag our blog posts with the hashtag #archivesglow. We would like to explain the meaning behind this hashtag and provide moments from the Community-Dri...
Collection Spotlight: Bj Bud Memorial Archives
Welcome back and Happy New Year! Bj Bud Memorial Archives This collection spotlight series highlights collections we here at Community-Driven Archives (CDA) feel very passionately about and would like to share with others....
Happy Holidays from the Community-Driven Archives team!
Happy holidays from the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team. This fantastic image is from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives which represents one of my many goals for the holiday season. We will be taking a break from the blog for the upcoming holidays to spread some holiday cheer within our families and...
Moments of Joy Series
This image from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives has been selected to start our visual theme series titled “Moments of Joy” for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog. Titled “Costume Dance Party” taken at a Sons of Apollo (SOA) Motorcycle Club gathering of their members event on June 4, 1986. SOA was...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
In 2017, the Arizona State University Library was awarded a $450,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the project titled “Engaged, Educating, and Empowering: Developing Community-Driven Archival Collections.” This three-year project was designed to build and expand community-driven col...