A proposal for archiving social networks

Social networks provide important documentary evidence of life in the twenty-first century, especially as communication platforms for some of the most significant moments of activism in the past decade.

This proposal argues for an investment in staff and software to support archiving an at-risk digital format.

The New School, February 2023

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Designing for the Divide:
A Model for Online Archives

Web-based access to archival collections most often occurs across specialized platforms: a finding aids site, digital collections, email archives, web archives, and so on.

I created this poster for the International Council on Archives meeting in Rome to share critical steps for archivists involved in managing these access points.

International Council on Archives, September 2022

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Reviewing (online) archives

What are the elements that make up successful online presentation of archives?

From born-digital policies to item-level a/v players, I often reference the work of peers at other institutions to see how they approach publishing archives resources. To track different features, I’ve started a directory of online archives with brief notes.

Online, ongoing

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Collaborative outreach as a card deck of
100 archival objects

I led the art direction on this promotional project for The New School centennial in 2019. Collaboratively, the department archivists selected 100 items to highlight from the Archives and Special Collections.

The New School, 2019

🏆 PR Xchange Award, 2020

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Sharing an academic anniversary
through Archival Outlook

An article co-written with Wendy Scheir, Director of The New School Archives and Special Collections, about creative contributions made by the department during the University’s centennial in 2019.

Archival Outlook, Sep/Oct 2019

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Archiving email at the
Guggenheim Museum and
Brooklyn Academy of Music

My first year of work after receiving an MLIS was an exploratory period thanks to an experimental fellowship launched by the Metropolitan New York Library Council.

Metropolitan New York Library Council, 2017

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