Participate in #AskAnArchivist Day on Wednesday, October 7, when archivists around the country will answer questions about archives. Find ideas for promoting the day among your users and developing a plan with your colleagues to respond to tweets. Follow other #AskAnArchivist Day participants, and email Abigail Christian with your institution's Twitter handle to join the list.
Take part in the Council of State Archivists' Electronic Records Day on Friday, October 9, to highlight the importance of electronic records and digital preservation issues in government and in our lives. Follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #ErecsDay.
Virtual meeting for the American Folklore Society. The 2020 meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Tulsa, OK. This meeting has been rescheduled for in-person meeting October,2022. Particularly interesting to OAA members is the AFS Archives Section. https://www.afsnet.org/page/2020AM
Omeka Tara Carlisle, Omeka is a flexible open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives and scholarly collections and exhibitions. REGISTER NOW
Two online panels addressing how disability is understood and thought about and actionable ways av archivists can better provide access. Day #1: DISABILITIES CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING October 15, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (PT) DAY #2: DISABILITY AND AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVAL ACCESS October 16, 2020 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM (PT)
Two online panels addressing how disability is understood and thought about and actionable ways av archivists can better provide access. Day #1: DISABILITIES CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING October 15, 2020 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PT) DAY #2: DISABILITY AND AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVAL ACCESS October 16, 2020 | 12:00PM – 2:00PM (PT) FacebookTwitterEmailShare
“The Quest for Democracy: One Hundred Years of Struggle” 2020 OHA Annual Meeting October 19-24, 2020 Virtual Meeting Make plans to digitally attend the 2020 OHA Annual Meeting. The annual meeting attracts a broad range of people and features the best work in the field. The meeting enables students and both …
PastPerfect Heidi Vaughn, PastPerfect is a desktop software with a suite of management tools for museum and archives that can streamline acquisitions, cataloging artifacts, producing reports, tracking donations and memberships and create mailing lists. REGISTER NOW
Confronting Biases: Their Impact on Collections, Research, and Scholarship by University of Arkansas Libraries Fri, October 23, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
Webinar: Introduction to OHMS (October 26, 2020) The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) is a free and open source web-based system designed to enhance access to online oral history. OHMS connects the textual search term in a transcript or an index to the corresponding moment in the recorded interview. …