Yale Archival Reading Group (YARG)

This wiki is intended as a forum for ongoing discussion of the ideas, themes, and issues that arise from reading group meetings. All are welcome to contribute...

Upcoming Meetings

Meeting #24: What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library (September 22, 2011)

Past Meetings

Meeting #23: Seek and You May Find: Successful Search in Online Finding Aid Systems

Meeting #22: Ambient Functions and Social Aspects of Contextual Control

Meeting #21: MPLP Beyond Processing

Meeting #20: Archives and Civic Engagement

Meeting #19: Critical Thinking Skills and Historical Research Instruction

Meeting #18: Envisioning the Archival Commons

Meeting #17:  The 21st Century Academic Library and Special Collections

Meeting #16: Material Culture and Archives

Meeting #15: Archival Principles and Cultural Diversity

Meeting #14: Records of Dubious Research Value

Meeting #13: An Overview of Archives in Popular Culture

Meeting #12: Documentation Strategy Revisited

Meeting #11: Remembering the Future

Meeting #10: Archival Reference

Meeting #9: Diversity in the Archival Profession

Meeting #8: Deconstructing Archival Description

Meeting #7: Archives of the People, by the People, for the People

Meeting #6: Archives and Social Justice

Meeting #5: The Afterlife of Performance

Meeting #4: Privacy and Personal Papers

Meeting #3: Archival Repatriation

Meeting #2: Reopening Archives

Meeting #1: Picking Our Text