Last year we hosted some great meetings, supported a Philly-area archivist attending the Society of American Archivists’ Annual Meeting in Cleveland, helped a local digital humanities group keep merrily rolling along, put on some great Archivists Being Awesome events, and supported the fabulous schedule of programming during Archives Month! Want to know how we paid … More 2015 Treasurer’s Report
Our meeting Wednesday, 5/11 at the Wagner Institute of Free Science was both well attended and well received! The town hall meeting was anchored by a talk on the ethics of internships by Rebecca Goldman, the Head of Archives & Digital Initiatives at La Salle University. Rebecca’s presentation is available here via La Salle Digital commons, complete with … More Ethical internships & YOU
[Posted on behalf of the Programming Committee] In the spirit of the 2016 election season, our next DVAG meeting will be a town-hall forum on archival internships and we want to hear from YOU! When: Wednesday, May 11th at 6:00 pm Where: Wagner Free Institute of Science (1700 West Montgomery Avenue) As Archives Gig’s recent … More Next meeting 5/11 @ Wagner Institute
The Penn Museum hosted an audiovisual-themed DVAG meeting on March 31… … More Caring for A/V Collections (3/31/2016)
Spring is almost here, and summer soon after that, followed up closely by the fall, and fall means ARCHIVES MONTH PHILLY. During the month of October, everyone is invited to celebrate archives, the work of archivists, and the rich history of Philadelphia at events across the city and surrounding areas. The past few years have been amazing, … More Archives Month Philly 2016 Planning Kick-Off
[Posted on behalf of the Programming Committee] Please join us on Thursday, March 31st for our first DVAG meeting of 2016! Where: Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology When: 3:00-5:00 pm (approximate) Our meeting topic is the care and management of audiovisual materials, with a fantastic panel of speakers exploring a wide range of issues, from the … More Upcoming meeting: March 31 @ Penn Museum
[posted on behalf of the Vice-Chair and the Programming Committee] Greetings, DVAG members! It’s hard to believe, but 2016 is upon us and it’s already February. Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring and that’s great news because it means another year of awesome DVAG and ABA programming will be here before we know … More The year ahead
[Let’s start 2016 by looking back at 2015 with reports from our Planning Committee officers! First up: Membership Coordinato, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen.] The Delaware Valley Archivists Group closed out 2015 with 222 members. A warm welcome to the 22 new members who joined us in the past year! By now, all members should have received an email … More 2015 Membership Report
Archives Month Philly (AMP) 2015 was the biggest, and in our humble opinion, the best ever! The program drew nearly 800 attendees to events at about 30 archives, libraries, and cultural institutions throughout the greater Philadelphia region. In case you missed any of the action, the Archives Month Philly Planning Team has prepared a report summarizing … More Roundup: Archives Month Philly 2015
Announcing our next DVAG meeting and panel discussion: Decolonizing Archival Description Why do bio notes read like encomiums to dead white males? Whose interests dictate processing priorities? How does the semblance of archival neutrality (de)contextualize records? The Delaware Valley Archivists Group invites you to a panel discussion on liberating and critically accounting for our descriptive … More Decolonizing Archival Description (12/8)
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