STARTER PACKS for #critlib #critarch #critlib and #GLAMS Studies (below) literally just creating these to get it established! have a couple of appointments and I'll get really adding this afternoon! go.bsky.app/BkSyTAU

RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:gcaqhtcpce77p7xnaop2b2j5/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3layv6attww2p

Responses to the Oral History Worker Survey will help inform future organizing and advocacy efforts to support people who do oral history work in various fields (deadline: April 25)

#OralHistoryWorkers #OralHistory #CritArch #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor

🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB8ok0odbMTqh6T3NdmSumVi_nx2rA2oIO2oI_Z8LwVrpVQA/viewform

Now available: the @archivalworkerscollective's 3rd survey tracking impacts of the pandemic on archival workers, pervasive themes of burnout emerged, largely due to expanding job duties, low pay, inflation, and toxic work environments

#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalWorkersCollective #CritArch #LISPrecarity #Archives

🔗 https://awefund.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/archival-workers-collective-2022-survey-summary/

Tomorrow (3/23): the SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct will host a call on labor issues in archives with #ChrisTanguay, who will provide a brief overview of their work and involvement with issues such as accessibility, inclusive hiring practices, contingent labor (temporary, student, and interns), unionization, and general labor advocacy

#CritArch #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #accessibility #LISPrecarity #LibraryUnions #SAA

🔗 Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkc-qspz0oHtzqdEmPpoM_CiNk3kKAOj5l

new #OA article from me about the critical cataloging database (critcat.org) lessons taught by #critcat (#critarch #critlib). It's dedicated to and opens w a quote from Emily Drabinski bc it would not exist if not for her.

https://serials.atla.com/tcb/article/view/3216

On the agenda for the February 1/3 #SocietyofAmericanArchivists Council Meeting (https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-council/february-1-3-2023-council-meeting-agenda):

"Developing Organizational Support for Archival Workers Labor Needs," which proposes a task force to explore which labor issues #SAA could provide support for, funding methods, resource distribution, et al.

#ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor #Archives #AWEFund #CritArch #AWC

🔗 https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/0223-V-A-ArchLaborSupport.pdf

My proposal is: "Advancing Equitable Cataloging: Marginalized Community-Based Participatory Cataloging in Galleries, Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections" and here is the official entry: https://vanier.gc.ca/en/scholar_search-chercheur_recherche_2022.html#:~:text=Watson%2C%20Brian-,Photo%20courtesy%20of%20Paul,University%20of%20British%20Columbia,-Other%20Library%20And

there will be some articles soon talking about what it means! Most importantly, hugely excited to have my field (#critcat #critarch #critlib) recognized among the highest levels of doctoral research. This is significant because

Join the Archival Workers Collective this Friday 11/18 at 2pm (Eastern U.S.) for a Thought Cafe focused on archival #labor issues

"Sign up to share your brief (less than 10 minutes) talk of rage or hope about archival labor issues. What are your next steps? What do you need to move forward? What don’t you know? Who do you need to connect with?"

#archives #CritArch #AWC

https://awefund.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/thought-cafe-november-18-2pm-et/