Have you ever had to serve a patron their own DA indictment? Do you have a moldy box of unscannable paper that can absolutely never ever be thrown away but risks the rest of your holdings? When was the last time you had to bar access to entire permanent collections because of a privacy restrictions?
SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct is seeking submissions for this month's blog theme, titled, It Came From The Unprocessed Box: Ethical Horror Stories In Archives.
This topic is broad and can encompass anything from common hiccups in trying to follow the SAA Core Values and Code of Ethics to narrative experiences about handling complex collections. The goal of this month's blog is to create accessible content that your fellow archivists can refer to in practical situations and build on to create better pedagogical tools. The length of submissions should be between 500 to 1,500 words. Blog posts should address one or more of the areas covered by the SAA Core Values and Code of Ethics, which can be found by following this link. Potential blog formats may include (but are not limited to) case studies, personal narratives, calls to action, editorials that respond to archival ethical dilemmas in the news or media, or ethical dilemmas in theory or practice.
Posts by students and new archival professionals are encouraged.
To submit a case study, please use the SUBMISSION FORM. All submissions will be reviewed by a member of CEPC before publication. Accepted submissions will be electronically distributed on the CEPC blog under a Creative Commons license, with copyright retained by the authors.
If you have an idea for a case study and would like feedback prior to writing it, feel free to contact CEPC Case Studies subcommittee member Haley Doty Vaden at dotyvadenhc@charlestoncpw.com.
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Haley Doty Vaden
Records Manager
Charleston Commissioners of Public Works
Charleston SC
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