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Learn the basics of how to create your own collection. Join us for this workshop featuring items from the Library's Special Collections & Archives and gain hands-on experience to help get you started on your archiving journey. Registration is required. Made possible by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, please contact the library at 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+
About the Workshop
The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Special Collections and Archives division is excited to announce the Archiving 101 program, designed to teach the basics of archiving and preservation.
In this informative and engaging workshop, the Special Collections and Archives team will teach participants the importance of preserving their materials and storing and caring for them properly. Participants will be guided through the process of archiving and will cover topics such as assessment, sorting, proper housing of items, and creating a finding aid for the collection.
Participants are encouraged to bring materials they want to preserve. This workshop will primarily focus on printed materials, photographs, and small objects. Registered participants will receive a gently used archival-quality document box and supplies to get started creating their collection.
This program was made possible through generous funding from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.
About the Vasari Project:
The Vasari Project is a library collection at Main Library dedicated to documenting, collecting, and preserving Miami-Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists, art professionals, exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and private donors.
The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research, scholarship, publications, artists' projects, exhibitions, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than original works of art composed primarily of printed matter: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, posters, books, exhibition catalogs, artists' files, oral histories, and other ephemeral materials.
About the Division of Special Collections & Archives:
Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Division of Special Collections & Archives is located at the Main Library and holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection, 16mm Film Collection, Cuban Collection of Rare Books & Ephemera, Genealogy Collection, Vasari Project archive, and Rare & Antiquarian books from as early as the 17th century. The Division aims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their request, which include books, original manuscripts, over 18,000 photographs, prints, artifacts, audiovisual resources, and electronic media.
AGE GROUP: | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Collections | Performances & Presentations | In-Person | History |
TAGS: | Special Collections | In-Person | Community Resources | Adults (21+) |