AC22 | Session 14

"Shifting the Lens: Improving Access to DEI Sources"

 

OVERVIEW: As our perspective changes, we see that as archivists we have a responsibility to help amplify voices that may not have been heard before. Primary sources remain the same, it is our perspective that changes. This session focuses on how the descriptive practices archivists use often don’t offer a way to explore how diverse voices might have been part of the records. How do archivists create pathways to resources for those researching equity, diversity and inclusion? This presentation explores how SMA exhibits, social media, and other outreach efforts highlight the voices that reshaped the city physically and reinforced as well as worked to change discriminatory policies.
GARA CERTIFICATE COMPETENCIES: "Advocacy and Outreach"

PRESENTERS: Anne Frantilla, City Archivist, Seattle Municipal Archives and Records Management and Jeanie Fisher, Reference Archivist, Seattle Municipal Archives and Records Management