The Society of Ohio Archivists’ 2021 Annual Meeting will be meeting virtually this June 7-8 thanks to technical support from the Ohio History Connection. This year we welcome proposals that explore the theme, “Archives in an Era of Change.”
We are asking for submissions that address the way that archives have adapted to changes. How did you assess your practices? What did you start, stop, create, or change over the last year. What was a success? As archives continue to adapt and react to social justice reforms, attacks on democracy, what are the takeaways?
Session, poster, and discussion proposal topics can address a broad array of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Longstanding institutional projects or collections in accordance with the “Archives in an Era of Change” theme
- Diversity, access, inclusion, and community archives
- Current and forward-moving tools for archival discovery, maintenance, and/or marketing
- Outreach and instruction that employs creative or adapted methods, or addresses complex topics
- Transformative student, intern, and volunteer experiences and projects
- Unique collection development ventures
- Best practices and new methods for handling preservation, description, and access to analog, born-digital, or hybrid collections
