[Dialogue] Archives Spring Sojourn - information request

[Marge Philbrook]

*Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Chicago ICA-Archives team is pleased to announce four weeks of
opportunity for you to volunteer to help in the next phase of the journey
of the archives.

The Fall Sojourn used the image of  “What is the Future of our Past?” and
began to figure out how we can share our historical work and wisdom with
the world most effectively. Thus, our new image is how our work could
engage the interest of future social change agents and researchers.

We chose the Town Meeting 76 archive material as a prototype collection and
are creating access to it as a discrete, stand-alone collection.  We are
currently evaluating different data-access software.  A web page will be
available to you very soon.

With this pilot, we are discovering what a collection looks like, what it
should contain, and how to make text, video, audio, photos and
linksaccessible on line. By April we will know a good deal more and be
able to
share practical ways that many of you can be part of this archive work.

Is it worth it?  Just by word of mouth, a Professor at the University of
Illinois and two of his PhD students came by to look at the Town Meeting
files.  They were amazed and indicated they would be back to use these
files as a resource.

Based on your experience and interest, please select three collections. #1
is to be the one you consider most important. We need individuals to
champion collections they are interested in and passionate about.*
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By completing this survey, you will significantly help shape our Spring
Archive Sojourn event. We will send you the results.  You will not need to
be physically present in Chicago during the Spring Sojourn in order to work
on a team focused on your #1 choice.

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Name ______________________

        1. ___________________
        2. ___________________
        3. ___________________

I can come to Chicago the following week(s)
Week 1 – April 8-14 _____
Week 2 – April 15-21 _____
Week 3 – April 22-28 ____
Week 4 – April 29-May 5____
Don’t know, can’t say yet ____
Won’t be able to come to Chicago but do wish to participate ______
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We hope you will seriously consider responding to these requests. Please
send the information in an email to Marge Philbrook at
msphilbrook at gmail.com. We will keep you up-to-date on who plans to come to
the Spring Sojourn.

Grace and Peace,
The Archives Advisory Committee*
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