off to new england archivists – back next week!

Forest Hills Cemetery (October 2014). Photograph by Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook.

The week got away from me folks, and I will not be posting on Uprooting Racism today. Look for my notes from section #5 next week (11/7). In the meanwhile, I’ll off to the New England Archivists’ fall symposium tomorrow in Newport, Rhode Island. I hope whatever y’all are doing with your weekend, it will be one of rest and renewal.

…and we’re off!

Boy riding on self-made sailboat wagon. By Upper Arlington Community (Ohio) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Welcome to the Amiable Archivists’ Salon!

If you responded to my original sounding of interest for this group, you will be receiving an email today and an invitation to join the Salon’s Google Group email list.

If you have come to this blog via the Amiable Archivists’ Twitter feed or some other source, but are not already a member of the group, you are welcome to submit a request to join our amiable ranks! As our leadership is currently a volunteer staff of one, please be patient; I promise to respond to all membership requests within one week.

If you are not interested in, or able to, join the Salon at this time, you may of course join the conversation here at our blog. Please be sure to review our preliminary community ground rules before commenting. Repeat offenders will be voted off the island.

tea time and teach-in

This blog was created in response to the need for an intentionally welcoming space for archivists and those in associated fields to come together and discuss experiences of harassment, discrimination, and marginalization within our professional community. 

For background about the founding of the Amiable Archivists Salon, please see the original sounding of interest issued by Anna Clutterbuck-Cook in mid-June. While the original sounding survey is now closed, please watch this space for updates within the month of July as we formally launch the group and open it to additional members.

In the meantime, if you have questions, please contact the group at amiablearchivists [at] gmail [dot] dom.