In the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders, and in the spirit of protest that followed, the ArchivesSpace community began a conversation about what it could do to promote diversity and inclusion while combating systemic racism in our field. That continuing conversation has led to a series of initiatives that we will undertake in the coming years, including an Inclusive Examples project.
For the Inclusive Examples project, ArchivesSpace is working with archivist and ArchivesSpace Trainer Brittany Newberry of Georgia State University to update the examples provided in its workshop materials and test databases. We want the examples to be more representative of the diverse institutions that use ArchivesSpace.
We are interested in adding examples from the ArchivesSpace user community. Below is a list of record types and collection types for which we are looking. In addition, we have created an agreement to provide information and expectations for how the data shared will be used.
If you are interested in participating, please email a signed agreement and the records you'd like to share in one of the formats listed. Email ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org by Wednesday, March 23. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
Possible Examples:
Types of Records:
Resource records (EAD, MarcXML, CSV, Excel spreadsheet)
Accessions (MarcXML, Excel spreadsheet, CSV)
Digital Objects (CSV, Excel Spreadsheet)
Subjects and Agents (MarcXML, Excel spreadsheet, CSV, EAC-CPF)
Types of Institutions/Collections
Academic/University records
Corporate/Business archives
Government
Religious
Non-profit/community
Minority-serving
Museum
Public Library
Historical Society
BIPOC
LGBTQ+
Music/arts
Data should be in a format that can easily be ingested into ArchivesSpace. Templates are available for the record types where CSV or spreadsheet formats are indicated. Please contact ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org if you have questions about how to prepare your data.