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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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SAA Austin Recap #2! Acquisitions & Appraisal & Electronic Records Section Joint Section Meeting!

The Schedule

Acquisitions & Appraisal + Electronic Records Section Joint Section Meeting at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2019 . On August 3, 2019, members of the Acquisitions & Appraisal Section of the Society of American Archivists joined members of the Electronic Records Section for a combined annual meeting. Business Meetings. Presentations.

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

by the Community Programs team Community Webs members and the Community Programs team gathered in the spring of last year for a virtual meeting, Future Webs , to reflect on the success and achievements of the program and chart next steps in 2024 and beyond.

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Unwrapping the Archives

The Texas Record

While that is an interesting popular image, the archives and archivists here at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are the protectors of documented history. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. One of RMA’s own contributed to the selection. million years ago).

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Archive-It Partner News, December 2019

Archive-It

Winter , Milner Library, Illinois State University. Trans-Europe Web Archiving Express – Dispatches from recent meetings with global Archive-It and Internet Archive Web Services partners across Europe. Untitled , Milner Library, Illinois State University. National Agricultural Library. by the Archive-It team.

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Archive-It Partner News, October 2021

Archive-It

60+ public libraries and cultural heritage organizations from across the US, Canada, and internationally have joined Community Webs to document local history and the lives of their patrons through web archiving. Meet them and learn much more about the program here on the Internet Archive blog. New Community Webs partners.