Name: SESSION 608 - What and How: Advocacy with Impact
Start: 2015-08-22T08:30:00-0400
End: 2015-08-22T09:45:00-0400

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SESSION 608 - What and How: Advocacy with Impact

Advocacy is a driving force in the minds of archivists—an engine to move the archival enterprise forward—but advocacy is defined and used in different ways and must be performed differently in the varied environments in which archives exist. The speakers explore what advocacy means in the government, educational, and business worlds and demonstrate how the meaning and means of advocacy change depending on the circumstances that different archives and archives associations face.

Breyer: Advocacy in Archives: Making Yourself Relevant
Chartier: Advocating to the Public: Raising Awareness from the Classroom to the State House
Huth: Defining Archives for Local Government Archives and Records Management Programs
McCoy: Helping Business Archivists to Help Themselves: BAS Advocacy Toolkit and the 2014 BAS Colloquium

Speakers

Lauren Breyer

Archivist, State Farm Insurance Company

Lauren is the Archivist for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a position held since 2013. During her short tenure, she has overseen several initiatives in the State Farm Archive including: directional strategy for Company Heritage Unit and addition of staff, storeroom... Read More →

Courtney Chartier

Head of Research Services, Emory University

Courtney Chartier has a Masters of Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin School of Information; a Masters of Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture; and a Bachelors of American Studies from the University of... Read More →

Geof Huth

Chief Records Officer and the Chief Law Librarian, New York State Unified Court System

Geof Huth is the Chief Records Officer and the Chief Law Librarian of the New York State Unified Court System. Previously, he worked for decades at the New York State Archives.

Greg McCoy

Senior Archivist, Procter and Gamble Corporate Archives

Greg McCoy is the Senior Archivist of P&G's Corporate Archives and Heritage Center. A P&G employee since 1992, he has served in a number of functions and roles including those in Records Management, Communications, and Global Consumer Relations. His past experiences in museums... Read More →