<div dir="ltr"><div>We want to invite your participation in the Global Archives Project Spring Sojourn, beginning April 28 & ending May 9, 2014!</div><div><br></div><div>We've expanded the ways to participate - either in Chicago or on your home computer screen.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please click the link below and tell us: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19ohmYMiiXfM6ajcJ2DsCIlEjOyPKAZH550pheGjtMro/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19ohmYMiiXfM6ajcJ2DsCIlEjOyPKAZH550pheGjtMro/viewform</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>What's a topic we should work on at the Sojourn and make a Collection - especially one where you have some experience to share</div><div>Can one of the Collection working groups email or phone you and ask for insights or help?</div>
<div>Should we send you an event schedule of Live On-Air YouTube broadcasts?</div><div>If you are participating in person, should we send you a room reservation for Chicago GreenRise building housing?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Please click the link above and share your preferences, we will share Spring Sojourn information with you.</div><div><br></div><div>Jack Gilles and Beret Griffith,</div><div>For the ICA Global Archives Project</div><div>
<br></div><div>Global Archives Project (GAP) Background & Forward Direction</div><div>The Archive project began years ago. </div><div>There are currently four areas in which work is going on:</div><div><br></div><div>
I – Accessioning: Preserving materials & indexing them in a database. </div><div>II - Collections: Making key aspects of ICA's historical work available online.</div><div>III - Global Research: Designing and launching the first Virtual Global Research Assembly (VGRA) later this year. </div>
<div>IV - Network Outreach: Collections will be available to anyone; the VGRA will target specific communities around the world to invite conversations and collaborations. </div></div>