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Upcoming Events:

Note: registration is limited and required for these events. Please register through the registration links at right. Lunch and Learn Sessions are recorded, and recordings are made available on the ARCS Models and Resources Committee YouTube channel as soon as possible after presentations have taken place.

Lunch and Learn Sessions

Date Time Topic Presenter Registration and Recording Link
Thursday, July 6, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Jerry Simmons and Dina Herbert, National Archives and Records Administration Register here.
Thursday, July 20, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Access and Accessibility: Transcribing handwriting with From the Page Jeremy Heil, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario Register here.
Thursday, August 3, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Promoting the archives with video Russell L. Gasero, Reformed Church in America Register here.
Thursday, August 17, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Copyright (Canada) Lisa Macklem, Western University, London, Ontario Register here.
Monday, September 18, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Environment, storage, and integrated pest management Holly Fiedler, Sisters of St. Francis; Iona McCraith, Archives Consultant Register here.

 

Archival Chat Sessions

Note: Archival Chat Sessions are not recorded.

Date Time Topic Presenter Registration Link
[tentative event scheduled for this date] Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:00-5:00 PM ET Problems unique to religious archives Panel: Russell Gasero, Erin Louthen, Nan Cano, and Sarah Waits Registration link coming soon!

 

Past Events:  

Date Time Topic Presenter Recording Link (if available)
Monday, April 25, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Introduction to Planning for Digitization Projects Beaudry Allen, Villanova University

Recording available on YouTube.
Friday, May 6, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT How to Talk to Management about Archives Lisa Gibbon, Congregation of St. Joseph Archives & Records Retention

Session not recorded.
Friday, May 13, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT The  Importance of Religious Archives Malachy McCarthy, Claretian Missionaries Archives USA-Canada

Recording available on YouTube.
Friday, May 20, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Making Archive Digital Spaces Accessible Lisa Snider, Access Changes Everything

Recording available on YouTube.
Friday, June 3, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Archival Outreach Carey Pallister, Consultant

Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:00-8:00 PM EDT Social Justice and Catholic Nuns - How Archives Support Research Sara Ludewig, Library of Congress

Session not recorded.
Friday, July 8, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT The Construction of an Archival Vault Junia Papas, Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph

Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, July 14, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Sharing Collection Highlights Janice Rosen, Canadian Jewish Archives

Session not recorded.
Friday, August 12, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Outreach Lesson Planning Scott Keefer, Daughters of Charity

Recording available on YouTube.
Friday, August 19, 2022

3:00-4:00 PM EDT

How to tackle unprocessed collections

Erin Louthen, Santa Clara University

Session not recorded.
Friday, September 2, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Reference Services Nadia Nasr, Santa Clara University

Recording available on YouTube.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Introduction to AtoM Jody Robinson, Bishop University, and Mary Grace Kosta, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives

Recording available on YouTube.
Friday, November 18, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EST Archive-It Catherine Falls and Raven Germain, Internet Archive

Recording available on YouTube.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM EST Tabernacles of Memory - Congregational Archives: Rooting Us in the Past, Preparing Us For the Future Sister Susan Durkin, Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland; Sister Ginger Downey, Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, January 19, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM EST History and Planning for the Boston College Catholic Religious Archives Repository Michael Burns Session not recorded. 
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 7:00-8:00 PM EST Social Justice and Catholic Nuns Sara Ludewig, Library of Congress Recording available on YouTube. 
Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:00-1:00 PM EST Flickr Commons George Oates, Flickr Foundation Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, March 16, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM EST Delivering a volunteer program Mary Grace Kosta, CSJ Archives Session not recorded.
Friday, April 14, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Copyright (US) Russell L. Gasero, Reformed Church in America Recording available on YouTube.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 12:00-1:00 PM ET NDSA Levels of Preservation Jenny Mitcham, Digital Preservation Coalition; Nathan Tallman, Penn State Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, May 4, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Sacred Scripts: Old German Script (Kurrent) Thomas McCullough, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem Recording available on YouTube.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET Keeping bits together: An introduction to digital preservation Grant Hurley, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto Recording forthcoming!

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