communityarchivist news
Sharing Asian-American Stories
On Friday, August 27th, a book display highlighting Asian-American voices went up in Hayden Library on ASU’s Tempe campus. The display features titles like When Dimple Met Rishi, The Sympathizer, Know My Name, and Crying in H Mart, among others. This book display was one...
Dispatches from the Field - Welcome to the team Charmaine Bonner
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 comm...
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...
What is a community archivist?
Anyone can be a community archivist. If you have a passion or drive to preserve the history of your family and the people within your community we encourage you to become a community archivist. So many people within marginalized communities do not understand that our history is important and worth d...