June 2, 2015 - Comments Off on RBMS 2015 Happy Hour with LAAC
Are you attending the RBMS 2015 conference? Join fellow Los Angeles-area archivists for a happy hour in Berkeley, CA! Meet at Jupiter's on Thursday, June 25 at 5:30pm-7:30pm. RSVP here.
Questions? Please email Gloria Gonzalez - gonzalez.gloria.g (at) gmail (dot) com
May 16, 2015 - Comments Off on More Prep, Less Panic: Mock Interviews with Real Professionals!
May 6, 2015 - Comments Off on Western Roundup Happy Hour with LAAC
Are you attending the 2015 Western Roundup? Join fellow Los Angeles-area archivists for a happy hour in Denver! Meet at Katie Mullens Irish Restaurant & Pub on Friday, May 29 from 5-7pm. Questions? Please email Rachel Mandell - ramandell (at) gmail (dot) com
March 31, 2015 - Comments Off on Autry Library & Archives Tour
The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is pleased to announce a tour of the Autry Library and Archives on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 3:30 pm.
Space is limited to 15 people. Please RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1GHxzwE. The Autry Library is located at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park (4700 Heritage Way 90027). The tour will be followed by drinks at Golden Road Brewery (5410 W. San Fernando Rd. 90039).
Trade catalog, Harnesses and Saddles, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1910-1920. Autry National Center; 93.66.574
The Libraries and Archives of the Autry hold unique, rare and significant primary and secondary resources focusing on the peoples and cultures of the American West. The two library collections, the Braun Research Library and Autry Library, contain rare books, serials, maps, photographs, artwork, sound recordings, and manuscript collections. The Libraries and Archives also provide research access to the Autry’s artifact collections. Collection strengths include the history of the trans-Mississippi West, material culture of ranching and cowboy life, tourism, product advertising, fine art, and the business of western entertainment. For more research resources visit the library catalog, the digital image database Collections Online, and the Autry Blog.
March 30, 2015 - Comments Off on LAAC Book Club #2 – FULL
We have reached the group capacity and we are no longer accepting RSVPs for the May 13 meeting, however we still encourage readers! Please let us know if you are reading the book!
All are invited to participate in the new LAAC Book Club, where LA-area archivists and friends read and discuss publications exploring all matters archives. Books will be selected every 6 weeks by the group, and may cover topics such as archival theory and practice, historical understandings, current issues and trends in information science, informational technologies, etc....we’re open!
The group will meet on Wednesday, May 13, from 6:30-8 pm at Alcove Cafe & Bakery (1929 Hillhurst Ave). Participants to the Book Club will be capped at 12. Please email laacollective@gmail.com to reserve a spot.
Our next book selection is The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order by Kate Eichhorn
Publisher’s Description: In the 1990s, a generation of women born during the rise of the second wave feminist movement plotted a revolution. These young activists funneled their outrage and energy into creating music, and zines using salvaged audio equipment and stolen time on copy machines. By 2000, the cultural artifacts of this movement had started to migrate from basements and storage units to community and university archives, establishing new sites of storytelling and political activism.
The Archival Turn in Feminism chronicles these important cultural artifacts and their collection, cataloging, preservation, and distribution. Cultural studies scholar Kate Eichhorn examines institutions such as the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University, The Riot Grrrl Collection at New York University, and the Barnard Zine Library. She also profiles the archivists who have assembled these significant feminist collections.
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