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Dispatches from the Field - Community-Driven Archives virtual events for the month of May
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...
Dispatches from the Field - Upcoming community archiving events
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 a number of activities we here at ASU Library are working on or involved with that is associated with the work of c...
What archives means to me: Asa Espanto
I love to think about my great, great, great grandparents. One of them, Hilda Högfeldt, came from the tiny port town of Trelleborg, Sweden, which is the southernmost town in Sweden. It has quite possibly the most hideous regional accent in all of Sweden. Another, John Collins, came from the town of ...
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...
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...