👀 the Organizing Archivists: Archives and Libraries in the Labor Movement zine created for #saa23!

#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions

https://bit.ly/OrgArchZine

Tomorrow (7/27) at 3:45pm U.S. Eastern time (at #saa23 + online):

Organizing Archivists: Archives and Libraries in the Labor Movement

#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions

https://whova.com/embedded/session/NFdCWcgMulEQMwx9Xmlwgf4rdPHHEcJf8mkv5hKzZJ8%3D/3016045/?widget=primary#

"Mutual Aid at Work" provides organizers with a resource to form their own mutual aid networks in the Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) community, brings awareness to existing mutual aid groups and efforts to support LAM workers, and provides possible pathways organizers may take

#MutualAid #LAM #LibraryWorkers #ArchivalWorkers #MuseumWorkers #DLFLabor #AWC

🔗 https://sites.google.com/view/mutualaidatwork/

The SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct annual meeting on July 13 will feature guest speakers from the Term Labor Best Practices Working Group, who will discuss the development and recommendations of their white paper (free and open to all)

#SAA #SocietyOfAmericanArchivists #TermLabor #LISPrecarity #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #archives

🔗 https://connect.archivists.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=ffae775b-dcf6-46d0-a790-01877b58a100

Responses to the Oral History Worker Survey will help inform future organizing and advocacy efforts to support people who do oral history work in various fields (deadline: April 25)

#OralHistoryWorkers #OralHistory #CritArch #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor

🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB8ok0odbMTqh6T3NdmSumVi_nx2rA2oIO2oI_Z8LwVrpVQA/viewform

Now available: the @archivalworkerscollective's 3rd survey tracking impacts of the pandemic on archival workers, pervasive themes of burnout emerged, largely due to expanding job duties, low pay, inflation, and toxic work environments

#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalWorkersCollective #CritArch #LISPrecarity #Archives

🔗 https://awefund.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/archival-workers-collective-2022-survey-summary/

Tomorrow (3/23): the SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct will host a call on labor issues in archives with #ChrisTanguay, who will provide a brief overview of their work and involvement with issues such as accessibility, inclusive hiring practices, contingent labor (temporary, student, and interns), unionization, and general labor advocacy

#CritArch #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #accessibility #LISPrecarity #LibraryUnions

🔗 Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkc-qspz0oHtzqdEmPpoM_CiNk3kKAOj5l

On the agenda for the February 1/3 #SocietyofAmericanArchivists Council Meeting (https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-council/february-1-3-2023-council-meeting-agenda):

"Developing Organizational Support for Archival Workers Labor Needs," which proposes a task force to explore which labor issues #SAA could provide support for, funding methods, resource distribution, et al.

#ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor #Archives #AWEFund

🔗 https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/0223-V-A-ArchLaborSupport.pdf

This session from #CLAPS2022 asks "what if we—in the library and archives field—were taught to think of ourselves as workers--under racial capitalism?" #LibraryWorkers #ArchivalWorkers #DEAI #MLIS

https://youtu.be/KptBLeiq96I

This session from #CLAPS2022 asks "what if we—in the library and archives field—were taught to think of ourselves as workers--under racial capitalism?" #LibraryWorkers #ArchivalWorkers #DEAI #LISEducation

https://youtu.be/KptBLeiq96I

Coming in 2024—"Creating Ethical Temporary Positions in Archives: Best Practices and Case Studies" from the Council on Library and Information Resources' new Pocket Burgundy publication series #CLIR #archives #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #LISPrecarity

https://www.clir.org/2022/12/clir-announces-pocket-burgundy-awards/