Harvard Library staff participate in 40th annual archivists meeting

Fifteen Harvard archivists presented at or helped to organize the 40th annual meeting of the New England Archivists (NEA)—a number University Archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff said may have represented the largest Harvard presence she had seen since she became involved with the organization more than 20 years ago.
Presentations by Harvard Library staff members included:

• Experimental Relations: Using Samuel Johnson to Learn EAC-CPF
  Susan Pyzynski, Associate Librarian for Technical Services
  Melanie Wisner, Accessioning Archivist
• NEA at 40: Reminiscence on a Profession
  Eva Moseley, Schlesinger Library
  Amanda Strauss, Schlesinger Library
• Mentoring Leaders in Libraries and Archives
  Darla White, Archivist and Records Manager
• Oxford-Style Debate, Resolution: This House Believes Archivists Should Attempt to Collect Everything
  Moderated by Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, University Archivist
  Organized by Colin Lukens, Holdings Management Associate
• NEA, Diversity and 21st-Century Collaboration in Action
  Michelle Gachette, Reference Assistant
• Performing Artists, Meet Your Archivists: Collaborations Across Dance, Music and Theatre for Documentation and Preservation