Responses to the Oral History Worker Survey will help inform future organizing and advocacy efforts to support people who do oral history work in various fields (deadline: April 25)
#OralHistoryWorkers #OralHistory #CritArch #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB8ok0odbMTqh6T3NdmSumVi_nx2rA2oIO2oI_Z8LwVrpVQA/viewform
Who should take this survey? People who do oral history work or have done oral history work within the last 5 years, who work within any field or fields, who are based in any geographic location. “Oral history work” refers to conducting oral histories for any purpose, working with oral histories for any purpose, managing oral history materials as archival assets, teaching oral history, or working on projects that include new or pre-existing oral histories, such as films, exhibits, podcasts, or books. What is included in this survey? This anonymous survey asks questions to better understand who is doing oral history work, how oral history work is taking place in various fields and contexts, oral history work/life, and workplace issues. Questions are organized into 8 sections: ORAL HISTORY WORK, CAREER IN CULTURAL WORK, COMPENSATION FOR ORAL HISTORY WORK, BUDGETING ORAL HISTORY WORK, RANKING INTEREST IN WORKPLACE ISSUES, TRAINING IN ORAL HISTORY, & DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. Why take this survey? Responses to this survey will help inform future organizing and advocacy efforts to support people who do oral history work in various fields. RESPONSES ARE ANONYMOUS. SURVEY CLOSES APRIL 25, 2023. Estimated time to complete: 35–45 minutes
Now available: the @archivalworkerscollective's 3rd survey tracking impacts of the pandemic on archival workers, pervasive themes of burnout emerged, largely due to expanding job duties, low pay, inflation, and toxic work environments
#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalWorkersCollective #CritArch #LISPrecarity #Archives
🔗 https://awefund.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/archival-workers-collective-2022-survey-summary/
Tomorrow (3/23): the SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct will host a call on labor issues in archives with #ChrisTanguay, who will provide a brief overview of their work and involvement with issues such as accessibility, inclusive hiring practices, contingent labor (temporary, student, and interns), unionization, and general labor advocacy
#CritArch #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #accessibility #LISPrecarity #LibraryUnions #SAA
🔗 Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkc-qspz0oHtzqdEmPpoM_CiNk3kKAOj5l
new #OA article from me about the critical cataloging database (critcat.org) lessons taught by #critcat (#critarch #critlib). It's dedicated to and opens w a quote from Emily Drabinski bc it would not exist if not for her.
On the agenda for the February 1/3 #SocietyofAmericanArchivists Council Meeting (https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-council/february-1-3-2023-council-meeting-agenda):
"Developing Organizational Support for Archival Workers Labor Needs," which proposes a task force to explore which labor issues #SAA could provide support for, funding methods, resource distribution, et al.
#ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor #Archives #AWEFund #CritArch #AWC
🔗 https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/0223-V-A-ArchLaborSupport.pdf
My proposal is: "Advancing Equitable Cataloging: Marginalized Community-Based Participatory Cataloging in Galleries, Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections" and here is the official entry: https://vanier.gc.ca/en/scholar_search-chercheur_recherche_2022.html#:~:text=Watson%2C%20Brian-,Photo%20courtesy%20of%20Paul,University%20of%20British%20Columbia,-Other%20Library%20And
there will be some articles soon talking about what it means! Most importantly, hugely excited to have my field (#critcat #critarch #critlib) recognized among the highest levels of doctoral research. This is significant because
Join the Archival Workers Collective this Friday 11/18 at 2pm (Eastern U.S.) for a Thought Cafe focused on archival #labor issues
"Sign up to share your brief (less than 10 minutes) talk of rage or hope about archival labor issues. What are your next steps? What do you need to move forward? What don’t you know? Who do you need to connect with?"
https://awefund.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/thought-cafe-november-18-2pm-et/
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