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I’m Leaving the Archival Profession: It’s Better This Way

I’m Leaving the Archival Profession: It’s Better This Way

My last day as a professional archivist will come just three days before the 4-year anniversary when I interviewed for my job as Princeton…

Jarrett M. Drake

Jun 26

The Hubris of Neutrality in Archives

The Hubris of Neutrality in Archives

On Friday, April 21, I spoke at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference in Newark, NJ on the topic of Radical Honesty in Descriptive…

Apr 24

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How Libraries Can Trump the Trend to Make America Hate Again

How Libraries Can Trump the Trend to Make America Hate Again

I delivered this talk on a panel at the 2017 meeting of the British Columbia Library Association, which took place on April 20, 2017, in…

Jarrett M. Drake

Apr 24

Exploring #WomensMarch

Exploring #WomensMarch

Feb 10

Confronting Our Failure of Care Around the Legacies of Marginalized People in the Archives

Confronting Our Failure of Care Around the Legacies of Marginalized People in the Archives

On Wednesday, November 9th, I was one of the keynote speakers at the National Digital Stewardship Alliance annual meeting. Below is the…

Nov 11, 2016

Documenting Dissent in the Contemporary College Archive: Finding our Function within the Liberal…

Documenting Dissent in the Contemporary College Archive: Finding our Function within the Liberal…

This is the text of my keynote address delivered at the Digital Library Federation Liberal Arts Colleges Pre-Conference hosted at the…

Jarrett M. Drake

Nov 7, 2016

Invisible Defaults and Perceived Limitations: Processing the Juan Gelman Files

Invisible Defaults and Perceived Limitations: Processing the Juan Gelman Files

The following is the narrative of my presentation at the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group #pasignyc Fall 2016 meeting…

Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez

Oct 30, 2016

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