Event: South Carolina Archival Association’s 2022 Virtual Spring Workshop
Topic: Archival Advocacy through Technical and Public Services
Date: Friday, May 13, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshop Location: Virtual (via Zoom)
Registration link: https://forms.gle/7Tvzio1oUtZEuGCD6
South Carolina Archival Association’s 2022 Virtual Spring Workshop will focus on “Archival Advocacy through Technical and Public Services.” The workshop will be hosted virtually through Zoom on Friday, May 13, 2022, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, and will be recorded and shared with members unable to attend.
Presentations will flow in a lighting-round format, with time at the end of each presentation for panelists to answer any questions participants may have. Ten-minute breaks with following each session. The schedule will look a little something like this:
9:00-9:10 AM Welcome & Panelist Introductions
9:10-9:50 AM “Community Programming to Foster Advocacy and Action”
Dr. Bobby Donaldson, Director, Center for Civil Rights History and Research
Constance Caddell, Archivist, Center for Civil Rights History and Research
9:50-10:00 AM Break
10:00-10:50 AM “Documenting the Arc: The Lowcountry, Civil Rights and the Era of
Black Lives Matter”
Erica Veal, Processing Archivist, Avery Center for Research and Culture
10:50-11:00 AM Break
11:00-11:50 AM “All Things Work Together for Access: Archival Advocacy at the
South Caroliniana Library”
Edward Blessing, Head of User Services and Curator of Published Materials
Brian Cuthrell, Manuscripts Cataloger
Graham Duncan, Head of Collections and Curator of Manuscripts
Craig Keeney, Cataloging Librarian
11:50-12:00 PM Break
12:00-12:50 PM “While I Breathe, I Hope: The South Carolina Archaeological Archive
Flood Recovery Project and the Years Since”
Meg Gaillard, Archaeologist, Heritage Trust–S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources
12:50-1:00 PM Closing Comments
This event is free and open to the public. Please visit here to register.