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Into The Limelight: Staying Connected In Unprecedented Times, Alicia Melton, Luis Berthin

Archives Day

Keywords: Rethinking Access, Method of Delivery, New Tools, Community Engagement, Renewed Roles

The Black Archives wants to submit a Poster for Archives Day 2021. The poster will address how we reimagined access for our users, through digital programming & outreach. Creativity was required from our department so that we could continue operations while we were at home. There were restrictions on some tasks such as acquisition, processing and reference, but we were able to focus on outreach.

This poster presentation is to encourage information professionals to adopt Social Media and other online platforms as tools for outreach and programming. As …

The Jewish Museum Of Florida-Fiu: Archives On The Edge, Todd Bothel, Jacqueline Goldstein, Luna Goldberg

Archives Day

As the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened much of our access to communal spaces of learning and research such as universities, libraries, and museum collections, many new technologies have emerged to make these resources accessible to the public from the comfort of their homes.

The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (JMOF) collection consists of ~60,000 objects, documents, images and ephemera. The collections are wide-ranging in content, cover numerous subject headings and geographically represent all sixty-seven counties of Florida and Cuba.

Join the JMOF staff for a series of lightning talks with Registrar Todd Bothel, Curator Jacqueline Goldstein, and Education Manager Luna Goldberg. …

Monroe County Libraries - Key West - Florida History Archives, Breana Sowers

Archives Day

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