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Taking the Temperature on Archival Outreach: An examination of Donor Outreach at Institutional Archives

Project tags:

archives & special collections

community engagement & outreach

equity & inclusion

A perennial issue of stewarding archival collections is getting the word out about our processing and preservation concerns prior to donation. Within the last fifteen years, there has been a substantial amount of scholarship concerning donation strategies at institutional archives. It has largely focused on diversifying the contents of the archive through non-extractive methods. Donor education is integral, as there is pervasive misunderstandings concerning repository capacity. While practitioners understand that their collections are not equitable or not representative of the community, capacity limitations restrict their ability to implement structure formalized outreach programs, which are necessary to remedy these generational issues.
Project participants:

Shaye Anis

MLIS