community archivist news

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Empower learners with hands-on experience and free technology to preserve community stories

Donate on Sun Devil Giving Day to support Community-Driven Archives and opportunities to empower global learners. Sirada Kananurak is a graduate student working towards a master’s degree in Gender, Wo...

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Applications now open for 2024-2025 Community Archivist Fellowship

The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library is looking for community college students interested in becoming professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introdu...

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ASU Library welcomes first cohort of ‘memory keepers’ to a new fellowship

This fall the ASU Library welcomes seven students to the Community Archivist Fellowship Program, which seeks to inspire community and tribal college students to become professionally trained archivist...

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Community college students invited to apply for Community Archivist Fellowship

Become a memory keeper for your community! The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library seeks to inspire community college students to become professionally trained archivists or libr...

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ASU student-produced podcast focuses on community history, memory, healing

Looking for a new podcast to listen to this summer? The Community-Driven Archives Initiative at the ASU Library recently launched a new podcast series titled "Archives Glow" about community history, m...

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Contribute to the preservation of Black history and stories in Arizona

Jessica Salow, assistant archivist of Black Collections More than a decade ago, the Arizona Archives Matrix Project showed that Arizona’s Latino, Black, Asian and Pacific Isl...

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Supporting the next generation of BIPOC community archivists

The ASU Library is embarking on a three-year project to nurture the next generation of community archivists currently attending community and Tribal colleges. With support from the Institute of Museum...

Myra Khan

Archiving Advocacy and Legacy - Myra Khan

I have always been a strong believer in the power of learning and legacy in activism. If we do not look to the strengths and weaknesses, the successes and failures of our predecessors, the hurdles bef...

Love and Grief -Nancy Godoy

As the year comes to an end, I’m reflecting on the waves of love, grief, and trauma we’ve experienced the last few years, especially during the pandemic. If you’re reading this, take a deep breath wit...