Archival Management
Margot Note
Establishing an Institutional Archives

Establishing an archives involves answering a pivotal question: “What do we save?” This query forms the basis for decisions regarding the repository’s organization, storage, conservation, and access.

Establishing an Institutional Archives
Archival Management
Margot Note
Archiving University Functions

University archives are indispensable in stewarding and preserving historical records. 

These materials are related to the seven core functions outlined in Helen Willa Samuels’ seminal work, Varsity Letters: Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities. 

Archiving University Functions
Archival Management
Margot Note
Stewardship for University Archives

University archives are indispensable in preserving academic institutional history, achievements, and cultural legacy.

These archives encompass a variety of materials, from administrative documents and correspondence to publications, photographs, and digital records.

Stewardship for University Archives
Archival Management
Margot Note
The Socially Intelligent Archivist

At the heart of socially astute archivists lies emotional intelligence, encompassing the understanding and regulation of emotions while also empathizing with the feelings of others. Developing emotional intelligence empowers archivists to forge meaningful connections with team members, stakeholders, and researchers. By discerning their needs, concerns, and motivations, they establish a positive and collaborative workspace that amplifies productivity and teamwork.

The Socially Intelligent Archivist
Archival Management
Margot Note
Empowering Archivists through Project Management

Archivists play a crucial role in safeguarding history by preserving and providing access to invaluable records, but successful archival projects go beyond preservation. 

Empowering Archivists through Project Management

roland barthes

Site/Sight as Text: Barthes and Zero Degree Architecture

Site/Sight as Text: Barthes and Zero Degree Architecture

Photographs are artifacts of moments past and forever lost. They provide a “fugitive testimony” to history (Camera Lucida 93). Throughout his work, Roland Barthes examines photography’s mnemonic features that testify to the absence of the subject depicted while simultaneously giving evidence that it existed. Barthes regards architecture as a visible index to the past and explains that ancient societies built structures to immortalize themselves.