Lunchtime Webinar from Ramsey Library: “Raising Archival Awareness in a Regional Studies Organization: The Appalachian Studies Case”

UNC Asheville Archivist Gene Hyde and NOAA Metadata Specialist Elizabeth Harper will present “Raising Archival Awareness in a Regional Studies Organization: The Appalachian Studies Case,” at noon on Thursday, Sept. 24. This event, part of the Brown Bag Talk Series from UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library, all online this year, is free and open to everyone, with pre-registration required. Click here to pre-register.

Event Description from the Organizers

This presentation describes how archivists led efforts to create a Special Collections Committee in the Appalachian Studies Association, as well as the Appalachian Curator, a newsletter highlighting the variety of archival collections in southern Appalachia. The Special Collections Committee was created to explore historical and current initiatives and programs and provide a forum for news and information about Appalachian archives. These efforts provide a model for increasing archival awareness in interdisciplinary or regional professional organizations.  This presentation was originally accepted for the 2020 Society of North Carolina Archivists Conference last March at Elon University, which was cancelled due to COVID.

Upcoming Lunchtime Webinars from Ramsey Libary

Oct. 8, Noon – “What Do You Call a Novel?” with UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash. Click here for the Zoom link.