You’ve Never Had it So(lo) Good: Managing Sustainability and Scalability with Successful Archival Collaborations
Autumn Johnson, Georgia Southern University
Ann E. Merryman, University of South Carolina Upstate
It happens all the time in archives large and small – the project that takes on a life of its own, outgrowing its original parameters. This session will introduce two lone arranger archivists faced with highly successful, yet outsized, collaborative projects that placed unexpected demands on time and resources. Presenters will describe their individual projects which similarly engage students with primary source archival materials in innovative ways. While these projects provide opportunities for institutional and community recognition and engagement with the archives, they require the archivist to consider ways to manage sustainability, scalability, and assessment of their collections and work going forward.