An Archivist's Tale

Christopher Barth, the Library Director at the U.S. Military Academy, talks about his career stretching from Alaska to West Point, his work teaching strategic visioning and ethics at the Archives Leadership Institute, and his personal story as a victim of a significant archival theft.

Mark Nigro, Learning Training Coordinator of Brushy Fork Institute at Berea College, talks to An Archivist's Tale about his work helping people and groups achieve their potential and collaborate effectively. Mark reviews his career and about his work with the Archives Leadership Institute as a primary instructor over the last three years. Karen, Geof, and Mark also review their experiences at this last year of ALI held in Berea.

Eimee Lagrama, Head Librarian of University Archives at the University of the Philippines Manila, and quadrilingual (in Tagalog, English, Spanish, and Ilocano) discusses how she came to be an archivist, her archival studies in Madrid, how she tries to follow the example of her father, her experiences at the Archives Leadership Institute, and her radio show "Librabio" for librarians by librarians available at dzup.org.

In a boisterous, funny, and serious interview, Stacie Williams, the Director for Digital Scholarship at the University of Chicago, discusses her own experiences as a participant and later as an instructor at the Archives Leadership Institute, her work in digital scholarship, and her ALI cohort's response to the Charleston Massacre of 2015.

Sharon Leon, associate professor of digital history at Michigan State, discusses her work supporting the activities of archivists, on the web publishing tool Omeka, providing project management training at the Archives Leadership Institute, and researching the lives of the slaves of Georgetown University.

Janel Quirante, the Head Digital Archivist for ‘Ulu‘ulu Archives in Hawai'i, recounts her incredibly direct journey from anthropology to documentary film to video archives, her work preserving video and film, and her anticipation of the Archives Leadership Institute, just hours before it began for her.

Lauren Barnes, Director of Information Governance at S&P Global, recounts her beginnings in the theater and how she ultimately came to archives, records management, and information governance (which is a tale full of unexpected surprises and deep insights into the universe of records and information).

Will Tatum, the Dutchess County Historian, describes his progression from archeology to history to archives (while also remaining an historian) and how he manages and enhances access to the records that make up the Dutchess County Ancient Documents, a collection of court and county records that date from the early 1700s.

Jamie Brinkman, the digital asset manager for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, discusses managing digital resources, promoting the collections, beginning her career at the University at Albany, and the fun of working at the Hall of Fame.

Debra Kimok, special collections librarian at SUNY Plattsburgh, discusses her work documenting the history of her college and region, saving the voices of those who used to live there, serving students, and managing a broad collection of materials.