News – 2018

Survey for Archives Processing Services (Posted 11/6/18)

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey below. The deadline is November 15, 2018:

“UNC Greensboro University Libraries is conducting a survey to measure the status of archival collections at institutions throughout North Carolina. We are writing to ask that you share your perspectives with us. The survey may be accessed here.”

Professional Development Opportunity: Archival Training and Tour of South Piedmont Community College’s Archives (Posted 11/1/18)

Time: 12pm – 3pm

Location: South Piedmont Community College in Polkton, NC

RSVPs are due on November 15th. For more information and/or to receive an invitation, please contact Jenny Thomas at jsthomas@randolph.edu.

Save the Date: 2019 SNCA Annual Meeting! (Posted 9/6/18)

Dates: Wednesday, March 13-Friday, March 15, 2019

Location: University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

Theme: Interdisciplinary archives and Interprofessional Collaboration

What does that mean?: We are the Society of North Carolina Archivists, but we collaborate with a variety of other professionals — such as librarians, museum curators, conservators, and professors — to preserve history as “memory allies.”  Being a faithful ally also relates to digital record keeping and information literacy, particularly concerning issues of validity, reliability, and authenticity of websites and other electronic records.

We hope to share the theme and call for proposals in early October, so stay tuned for more details. Please let me know if you are interested in helping with local arrangements.

First Official Membership Meeting (Posted 7/24/18)

Location: Wilson Library, UNC Chapel-Hill

Date: August 2nd, 2018

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Contact Jenny Thomas (jsthomas@randolph.edu) for more details and to RSVP.

CONTENTdm Webinar (Posted 3/28/18)

OCLC will have a WebEx presentation about CONTENTdm on April 12th. The presentation description is below. If interested, follow this link to register:

See for yourself, how CONTENTdm helps you build, showcase and preserve your digital collections. Attend a one-hour demonstration to:

• Hear how you can simplify management of digital collections to make the collections more discoverable on the Web
• Find out how the responsive design interface allows users to access digital content from anywhere on any device
• Learn about CONTENTdm’s support for The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), APIs that allows CONTENTdm collection owners to showcase their unique resources in new ways and give scholars and researchers better options for viewing and comparing visual resources within and across repositories

See examples of how libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage institutions are highlighting their collections.