ARCHIVES 2015: SESSION 105 - Connecting Collections and...

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SESSION 105 - Connecting Collections and International Communities in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East

Panelists explore archivists’ work with communities, organizations, and individuals outside of the United States. Speakers and audience members reflect on reasons for establishing relationships abroad, outcomes of international partnerships, and difficulties encountered. Examples include working with an organization in China to help it reclaim its history after years of political repression, connecting religious communities worldwide to their origins, and preserving recordings that contain significant cultural memory for Haitians.

Speakers

Lara Friedman-Shedlov

Description and Access Archivist, University of Minnesota

Lara Friedman-Shedlov is Description and Access Archivist for the Kautz Family YMCA Archives, a unit of the Department of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries. For the past 15+ years, her work has focused primarily on the challenges of making archival material discoverable. Other interests include the uses of social media in libraries/archives, born digital/electronic records, Encoded Archival... Read More →

Colleen McFarland Rademaker

Head Archivist, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

Over ten years of experience in small academic archives and religious repositories, with five years in supervisory positions. Published author in Archival Issues and the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Frequent presenter (SAA, MAC) and workshop leader (MAC). Record of professional service includes contributions to SAA Publications Board (2014-2017), SAA Program Committee (2012-2013), MAC Program Committee (2015-2016), and Society of Indiana... Read More →