Creating Pathways to Diversity: the Challenges of Overcoming Space and Time to Create a Shared Digital Archive

Short Session Description: Libraries, Special Collections, and Archives are in a strong position to be campus leaders in difficult discussions about institutional history. Centre, Furman, Rollins, and W&L are working together to create a shared digital archive related to desegregation at their institutions, creating research opportunities for students, and embedding their work into classrooms. TheY have uncovered untold historical narratives and helped fill in gaps in the Archives. This panel will help others learn how to get administrative support to uncover diversity in archives, save untold stories, provide opportunities to student researchers, and become a campus partner in discussions of institutional history.

Session Format & Style: Interactive Panel

Takeaways:  This panel will help others learn how to get administrative support to uncover diversity in archives, save untold stories, provide opportunities to student researchers, and become a campus partner in discussions of institutional history. Attendees will learn about opportunities that developed out of challenges related to this project and the panel will provide a handout that covers information about multi-institutional collaboration and policy development at each institution.

Organization:  

ACS Pathways to Diversity: Uncovering our Collections grantees

Carrie Frey, Centre College

Beth Morgan, Centre College

Christy Allen, Furman University

Sydney Bufkin, Washington & Lee University

Paula S. Kiser, Washington & Lee University

Contact Information: 

Christy Allen

Assistant Director for Discovery Services

Furman University Libraries

Greenville, SC 29613

864-294-2258

christy.allen@furman.edu