{"title":"Archivists and Architects: A Case Study on Mitigating Design Cataloging Challenges through Copyright Outreach","authors":"Caitlin Biggers","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.397","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 For many archives working to publish collections online, securing copyright is a time-consuming challenge. What if the labor-intensive process of copyright outreach could be designed to increase the yield of staff time and add value to collection metadata? This case study explores an effort at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union to combine copyright outreach with author-generated metadata in an attempt to address common architectural record cataloging challenges. Specifically, the study looks at direct correspondence with creators as an opportunity to both secure permission to publish copyrighted materials and to fill descriptive holes in subject, title, caption, image orientation, and authorized name. This article further studies the feasibility of combining two laborintensive processes, discusses a preliminary and revised workflow, and evaluates the practicality and value of corresponding with over eight hundred individuals.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48355240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Anderson, Kristin Bjork, Kyle DeCicco-Carey, S. Welsh
{"title":"Laying a Foundation for Digital Collections at the Property Information Resource Center","authors":"A. Anderson, Kristin Bjork, Kyle DeCicco-Carey, S. Welsh","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.256","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Over a decade ago, the Harvard University Property Information Resource Center (PIRC) began digitizing its entire collection of more than a hundred thousand architectural drawings documenting the construction of the oldest university in the United States. Challenges and successes materialized throughout the project relating to the PIRC's mission, service level, and collection dependencies. Continuing to meet users' demanding needs while learning and revising best practices was ambitious yet ultimately achievable. In addition to producing high-quality images for digital preservation, secondary positive outcomes of the project were the conservation of drawings, improvements to the reference process, and the ability to expand these services beyond the traditional user group. To achieve the project goals, staff created a flexible workflow that ameliorated the condition of physical drawings in the collection while allowing them to uphold an established user service level agreement.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47452480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
April K. Anderson-Zorn, Michael A. Davis, Danielle Nowak, Alison Stankrauff
{"title":"Our Comeback Story: Impostor Syndrome in the Archival Profession","authors":"April K. Anderson-Zorn, Michael A. Davis, Danielle Nowak, Alison Stankrauff","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.502","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In 2019, a group of archivists participated in two conference sessions focused on impostor syndrome in the archives field. Though no comprehensive study on impostor syndrome has been undertaken in the archives profession, the authors listened to numerous stories of the phenomenon among audience members. This perspectives article considers the presence and impact of impostor syndrome in the archives field. The authors define the phenomenon, review literature on its influences in the information science profession, include stories of archives professionals working with impostor syndrome, and offer suggestions for working through impostor syndrome.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47326420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archival Engagements with Wicked Problems","authors":"Eliot Wilczek","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.468","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The concept of wicked problems can be used as a frame for enriching archivists' understanding of the societal challenges they are confronting in their work. This article explores the core tenets and intellectual history of the concept, looking at the origins of the term; its uses in design, planning, and various policy domains; and recent critiques of the concept. Using examples of archival engagements with the challenges of policing in underserved communities, refugees, child welfare, and climate change, this article examines the role of records and recordkeeping systems in wicked problems and how archivists have used community engagement as a core tenet of how to approach these societal challenges. These engagements also illustrate how grappling with wicked problems can change the practices, theories, and self-awareness of the profession itself.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48577374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies","authors":"Jasmine Smith","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.541","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48011583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and Social Change: An Architectural History of the University of California, Santa Barbara","authors":"Julia Diane Larson","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.240","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), campus as it stands today appears as an architectural mash-up of midcentury modern institutional buildings, both low rise and high rise; a smattering of World War II–era wooden buildings; 1970s-style double wide trailers; and new science buildings built by a who's who of internationally famous architects. In this case study, the author shows how the UCSB campus's architectural history mirrors the post–World War II boom in educational facilities throughout California and the social, cultural, and architectural history of the region as a whole. The key to discovering this history is archival research, both at the University Archives at the UCSB Library, as well as at the architecture-specific Architecture and Design Collection at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum on campus. In this case study, the author explains how the architectural history can be traced through the archival records to more fully understand the history of the campus.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45530978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Leventhal, Jody Thompson, A. Anderson, Sarah Schubert, Andi Altenbach
{"title":"Design Records Appraisal Tool","authors":"A. Leventhal, Jody Thompson, A. Anderson, Sarah Schubert, Andi Altenbach","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.320","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A common obstacle during the appraisal of design records is the specialized vernacular creators use to describe them. As a result, archival professionals may feel unprepared for discussions with potential donors while acquiring these distinct and sometimes problematic materials. Using authoritative architectural and archival sources, the authors expanded on existing literature to develop appraisal grid templates that generally align with different collecting institutions' missions and overarching development and retention policies and created a consolidated and comprehensive glossary of design phases, categories, and definitions to use as a reference. The authors hope that this resource will assist those who are unfamiliar with the design process to interpret disparate design record types, to inform the appraisal process, and ultimately, to make accessioning decisions.","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45416593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Writing as an Act of Community","authors":"Amy Cooper Cary","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.223","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43707317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most","authors":"Trevor Owens","doi":"10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.545","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39979,"journal":{"name":"American Archivist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42971796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}