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Reparative Archival Description: The Past, Present & Future

April 18, 2024, 2-3:15 pm EST
Zoom

Please join Yale University’s Reparative Archival Description (RAD) Working Group<https://guides.library.yale.edu/reparativearchivaldescription> for a virtual panel focused on reparative archival description on April 18th from 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Eastern Standard Time. This public event will include panel presentations, a moderated discussion, and a Q&A period for the audience to ask questions. The theme of the event is how reparative archival description in university and community archives has changed over the past few years, what lessons we have learned, and what we hope to implement in this practice going forward. Panelists will talk about their own work, how it has shifted over the past five years, and how they are planning for the future. This event is free and open to anyone who is interested in reparative description and archives. Please find a printable event poster attached that you can circulate and/or post in your space. Registration is required, please register here: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nnTZN939TOaOhWJuSB7PDw

Panel Speakers + Bios:

Alexis Antracoli (she/her) is Director of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan where she began her archival career and currently leads a staff of 31. Previously she worked at Princeton University Library and Drexel University Libraries. Alexis has published on web archiving, inclusive description, and the archiving of born-digital audiovisual content. She has taught in the archival education programs at Rutgers University, New York University, and Drexel University, and is active in the Society of American Archivists, currently serving on the Standards Committee. Her current professional interests are in applying user experience research and user-centered design to archival discovery systems and spaces, community-based stewardship practices, and, increasingly, in the practice of leadership that supports transparent, participatory, and inclusive organizations. She holds an M.S.I. in Archives and Records Management from the University of Michigan, a Ph.D. in American History from Brandeis University, and a B.A. in History from Boston College.

Jackie Dean (she/her) is the Head of Archival Processing and co-head of Special Collections Technical Services at University of North Carolina Libraries where she has worked since 2006. She has also held positions at the State Library of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Houghton Library at Harvard University. She has taught courses in archival description at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and co-teaches workshops about Describing Archives: A Content Standard for the Society of American Archivists. She holds a BA in English and a MS in Library Science from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Krista McCracken (they/them) is an award-winning public historian and archivist. They work as a Researcher / Curator at Algoma University’s Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in Baawaating (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario), on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Métis people. Krista’s research focuses on community archives, Residential Schools, access, and outreach. They have two book projects, Decolonial Archival Futures with Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey and Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries with Keahi Adolpho and Stephen Krueger, both of which were released in 2023.

Jessica Tai (she/her) is the Processing Archivist for Faculty Papers and Institutional Records at the Bancroft Library. Prior to her role at UC Berkeley, Jessica was an archivist at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, where she chaired the Library's Reparative Archival Description Working Group from 2019-2022. Jessica held previous roles as a project archivist at UCLA Library Special Collections, and a research team member for the Community Archives Lab at UCLA.

Alison Clemens (she/they) is the Access Strategist for Special Collections at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. In her role, Alison initiates and implements projects to improve user experience in special collections, particularly as she focuses on ensuring that the library is providing seamless, ethical, and meaningful access to its special collections. Alison has been a member of Yale’s Reparative Archival Description Working Group since its founding; she also serves on Yale Library’s Responsible Metadata Operations Framework Implementation Task Force and Yale University cultural heritage’s Bias Awareness and Responsibility Committee. Her professional interests include reparative description, user experience, collective leadership, and the support and ongoing education of archives and special collections workers.

On behalf of Yale University’s Reparative Archival Description Working Group,
Emma Metcalfe Hurst

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