Conference presentation
Climate change, community and digital archives: research collation and creation [Lightning talk]
LARK Symposium: Research for a Knowledge Profession (Brisbane, Australia, 03/10/2024–10/2024)
03/10/2024
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Abstract
This is a story about a partnership between a librarian and a historian who decided to build a digital open access archive to support their community to have better access to information about the local river catchment. This good idea led to $16,000 awarded in grant funding, a steep learning curve about archival practice, two peer-reviewed journal articles exploring the role of digital archives as a agent of community resilient in climate change affected regions, and an accessible digital archive of 89 records, research outputs and digitised artefacts (and growing). Our project is not a traditional research project, it has evolved organically and sparked an unexpected interest in archival practice, leading to new research and engagement opportunities in our university and new roles, skills and responsibilities within the university library team.
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- Title
- Climate change, community and digital archives: research collation and creation [Lightning talk]
- Creators
- Clare Thorpe - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- LARK Symposium: Research for a Knowledge Profession (Brisbane, Australia, 03/10/2024–10/2024)
- Identifiers
- 991013252459302368
- Academic Unit
- Library Services
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation