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Episode 6 | Making History in the Archives
How will the pandemic be recorded in history? Archives are hoping to collect records of our pandemic experience so that it can be accessed by future generations. The Mount Royal University Library Archives launched the Documenting the Pandemic project to collect records from the university community. In Episode 6, we spoke with Peter Houston, who leads the Archives and Special Collections and is the subject librarian for Art History and Interior Design at MRU Library. We’ll be learning more about the archives, what’s changed during the pandemic and how technology is playing a key role in this present moment.
Bibliography and further reading
Baron Cadloff, E. (Sept 25, 2020). Looking back on COVID-19: how university archives are preserving this moment in history. University Affairs. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/looking-back-on-covid-19-how-university-archives-are-preserving-this-moment-in-history/
Dixon, A. (Apr 28, 2020). Documenting the Pandemic: Libraries Launch COVID-19 Archival Projects. Library Journal. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=Documenting-Pandemic-Libraries-Launch-COVID-19-Archival-Projects-archives
Greenberg, S. J. (2020). Resilience, relevance, remembering: history in the time of coronavirus. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 494–497. https://doi-org.libproxy.mtroyal.ca/10.5195/jmla.2020.986
LaPierre, S. S. (2021). Participatory digital archiving and community engagement during COVID-19. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 4-8.
Neal, J. (2015). Preserving the Born-Digital Record. American Libraries. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/28/preserving-the-born-digital-record/
Trace, C. (2011). Beyond the Magic to the Mechanism: Computers, Materiality, and What It Means for Records to Be “Born Digital”. ARCHIVARIA 72 (Fall 2011), 5–27. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13358/14660
Zastrow, J. (2021). The digital archivist. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 9-11.
Music Credits:
Intro & Outro: Doctor Dreamchip
Interlude: Frankum
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By Mount Royal University LibraryHow will the pandemic be recorded in history? Archives are hoping to collect records of our pandemic experience so that it can be accessed by future generations. The Mount Royal University Library Archives launched the Documenting the Pandemic project to collect records from the university community. In Episode 6, we spoke with Peter Houston, who leads the Archives and Special Collections and is the subject librarian for Art History and Interior Design at MRU Library. We’ll be learning more about the archives, what’s changed during the pandemic and how technology is playing a key role in this present moment.
Bibliography and further reading
Baron Cadloff, E. (Sept 25, 2020). Looking back on COVID-19: how university archives are preserving this moment in history. University Affairs. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/looking-back-on-covid-19-how-university-archives-are-preserving-this-moment-in-history/
Dixon, A. (Apr 28, 2020). Documenting the Pandemic: Libraries Launch COVID-19 Archival Projects. Library Journal. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=Documenting-Pandemic-Libraries-Launch-COVID-19-Archival-Projects-archives
Greenberg, S. J. (2020). Resilience, relevance, remembering: history in the time of coronavirus. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 494–497. https://doi-org.libproxy.mtroyal.ca/10.5195/jmla.2020.986
LaPierre, S. S. (2021). Participatory digital archiving and community engagement during COVID-19. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 4-8.
Neal, J. (2015). Preserving the Born-Digital Record. American Libraries. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/28/preserving-the-born-digital-record/
Trace, C. (2011). Beyond the Magic to the Mechanism: Computers, Materiality, and What It Means for Records to Be “Born Digital”. ARCHIVARIA 72 (Fall 2011), 5–27. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13358/14660
Zastrow, J. (2021). The digital archivist. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 9-11.
Music Credits:
Intro & Outro: Doctor Dreamchip
Interlude: Frankum