Dear Colleagues,
Descriptive Notes is pleased to share the latest post in its Inclusive Description series: "How Getty Archivists Support Racial Justice," by Samantha Ceja, Helen Kim, and Sara McGillivray. The authors discuss the efforts of the Anti-Racist Description Working Group at the Getty Research Institute to audit legacy description and create institutional best practices.
Read it here:
https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/how-getty-archivists-support-racial-justice/A quick reminder that we welcome posts on a rolling basis for existing series as well as any other articles, announcements and updates, shared resources, and visual content relating to issues of archival description. Send all pitches to
SAAdescription@gmail.com. You can view previous posts and series here:
saadescription.wordpress.com.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We look forward to your submissions!
Best,
Lori Dedeyan, on behalf of the
Descriptive Notes Editorial Team
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Lori Dedeyan
Processing Archivist
Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts
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