Read the November/December Issue of Archival Outlook!

In the latest issue of Archival Outlook, Autumn Johnson shares how Georgia Southern University designed an escape room using archival primary sources to unlock clues; Irene Gates and Katherine Meyers Satriano discuss running a virtual edit-a-thon to enhance Indigenous and anthropology records in SNAC; and Yvonne Ng, Arul Prakkash, and Itza Carbajal outline the importance of preserving the records of citizen witnesses in social movements. In addition, archivists Collette McDonough, Adam Wanter, and Amy Rohmiller share what they learned from failing on the job and Andrea Hoff considers how the pandemic has affected digital records. Read on for more! Print edition to follow in a few weeks. 

This issue is sponsored by San José State University, TandD, Atlas Systems, Scene Savers, Lucidea.

Table of Contents

• “President’s Message: The Value of Mentorships”
  by Rachel Vagts
• “Escape from the Swamp: Integrating Immersive Gaming into Archival Programming”
  by Autumn M. Johnson
• “The San Francisco Model of Documenting an Epidemic: Democratizing AIDS History through Digitization”
  by Polina Ilieva and Emily Lin
• “The Tipping Point for Digital Archives in the Age of COVID-19”
  by Andrea Hoff
• “The Architect of New York City: Processing the Robert Moses Collection”
  by Jaime Karbowiak and Emily Antoville
• “Collectively Enhancing Indigenous and Anthropology Records in SNAC"
  by Irene Gates and Katherine Meyers Satriano
• “The Art of Failing Well” 
  by Collette McDonough, Adam Wanter, and Amy Rohmiller
• "Supporting Those Who Document: Preserving the Records of Citizen Witnesses"
  by Yvonne Ng, Arul Prakkash, and Itza Carbajal
• "It's Volunteer Season, Archivists!"
  by Courtney Chartier
• “From the Archivist of the United States: NARA's Role in Presidential Transitions”
  by David Ferriero
• "From the Executive Director: More or Less"
  by Nancy P. Beaumont