Three librarians present work at archivists conference

NCSU Libraries was well represented at the Society of American Archivists annual conference over the summer in Atlanta. Brian Dietz, Digital Program Librarian for Special Collections, was part of a panel that discussed the unique technical and legal challenges that social media presents for archivists. Panelists considered issues of access, copyright, platform-specific terms of use, public records law, and policy development. Virginia Ferris, Outreach and Engagement Program Librarian in the Special Collections Research Center, presented a poster entitled “Alumni Outreach for Special Collections: Partnerships and Approaches.” The work conveys how the SCRC is actively building outreach to the alumni community through partnerships with alumni groups, as well as pop-up exhibits, makerspace technologies, visualization spaces, and the recently launched "Wolf Tales" traveling oral history stations. Jacob Shelby, our Metadata Technologies Librarian, was one of two speakers on the topic “Out of the Box Finding Aids: Design and Development for Contemporary Research.” He talked about experimenting with out-of-the-box finding aid design, development, and delivery.