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One of our advocacy council members - Tom Tiballi @ttiballi - has just published "Commercialism, Coercion, and Community in Archives". Part of the emerging Global Archival Institute courseware, Tom's articulate study informed an important professional conversation about sustainability in the USA.
That conversation continues. Samantha Winn @Sam_Winn (editor of the blog Archivasaurus member of a Society of American Archivists Committee looking at the Archives and Archivists List) prepared a cogent summary. You can read more here http://bit.ly/1k6M531 and on Twitter using the hashtags #doweeatouryoung / #thatdarnlist
Tom's book explores strategies to integrate commercial and community processes into the business model of archives. The study draws on literature from the libraries and museums sector, as well as strategic plans from within the archival sector. The work includes figures on volunteering in UK heritage organizations and ideas useful for career equity - volunteerism, localism, the value of postgraduate training, displacement, talent acquisition and development, and long-term diversification.
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