Please join us for an online symposium about archives, special collections, and Open Education. Hosted by York University’s W.P. Scott Chair in Librarianship Hilary Barlow, the event will be held on Thursday, October 26 from 1-2:30 pm Eastern time via Zoom. The symposium will feature two guest presenters with a concluding presentation by the Scott Chair on her current research.

Danielle Manning, Outreach Officer at the Archives of Ontario (AO), will present “Activating Archives: How the Archives of Ontario is Building Community through GLAM-Wiki.” Manning will share case studies on AO’s Wikimedia Commons uploads and how they have impacted community engagement. Our second presentation is by Carrie Schwier, Outreach and Public Services Archivist at Indiana University. In “Primary Sources as ‘Gray’ Oer’s,” Schwier will share concrete examples of implementation from an active primary source instruction program that serves over 30 academic departments ranging from art to science.

Barlow will conclude the event by presenting the current state of her research project “Open Archives: The Intersection Between Open Education, Archives, and Special Collections.” This includes the results of 22 case study interviews with archivists and librarians on the subject of Open Education, and an upcoming larger survey. This symposium is being offered as part of International Open Access Week.

Register for the event here: https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-o8pw54TzuW7L7QNMhcTw