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April 23, 2022 - Comments Off on LAAC Community Picnic 2022

LAAC Community Picnic 2022

Saturday, May 28th, 12-3 PM

MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, California, 1971

"MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, California," 1971, photographed by Mike Meadows. Los Angeles Time Photographic Collection, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Special Collections.

Grab your picnic blanket and join LAAC for a community picnic at Kenneth Hahn Park on Saturday, May 28 from 12PM – 3 PM! We invite all of our members to join us for a fun day picnicking, hanging out with friends, and enjoying that Los Angeles sunshine. This is a chance to connect with friends and colleagues within the archival community, meet members of the LAAC Steering Committee and Subcommittees, and hear what LAAC is planning for 2022.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP by May 26th so we can accurately estimate the amount of refreshments needed.

Directions and Parking

  • The Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is located at 4100 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008.
  • Parking is $7 per vehicle.
  • Public transportation option via The Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle - the shuttle "transports park visitors from the Metro Expo La Cienega Station to Kenneth Hahn State Recreational Area and the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. The Parklands Shuttle operates 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays. Rides are 25 cents one way. The shuttle is free for Seniors and children under 5. The shuttle has 3 routes with stops located at: La Cienega/Jefferson Metro bus stop adjacent to the Expo Station; Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook; and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. Shuttles run on a 20-minute route, are airconditioned and ADA accessible."
  • It's a large park! Look for us in the Picnic Area (viewable from Google Maps). Our picnic table will have LAAC swag on it.

November 1, 2019 - Comments Off on ACID FREE X ACID-FREE

ACID FREE X ACID-FREE

Sunday, November 3rd at 1pm at the Acid-Free Book Market.

LAAC is excited to announce a talk on Acid Free, our online mag, at Acid-Free, the LA-based art book fair. (Confusing, we know!) Join us for ACID FREE X ACID-FREE, Sunday 11/3 at 1 pm.

Featuring Cesar Reyes on Punk Roots in East LA, T-Kay Sangwand on Días de Muertos Xochimilco project, Lori Dedeyan on the art of Jumana Manna, and Rosemarie Knopka on processing the Brockman Gallery archives.

At Blum & Poe gallery in Culver City.
2727 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034

October 10, 2019 - Comments Off on Free CDL-hosted workshop at LA Archives Bazaar Oct. 12

Free CDL-hosted workshop at LA Archives Bazaar Oct. 12

LAAC is not affiliated with this event (but we think it's a great opportunity!). 

October 12th from 9:30am-12:30pm at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar.

In this free, half-day interactive workshop, you'll learn how to increase the discoverability of your digital collections by making them available through regional and national-level aggregations like Calisphere (from the California Digital Library) and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Aggregators provide additional points of access to your holdings and can drive more user traffic back to your digital collections management system by virtue of their scale and visibility to search engines.

Visit the "Better Sharing Through Metadata" workshop wiki for additional information, including scheduling and registration.

Workshop topics include:

  • Best practices for creating shareable metadata
  • Simple tools and strategies that you can use to prepare and share your digital collections
  • Leveraging Calisphere and DPLA as free aggregation services that are available to cultural heritage institutions in California

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should have a good understanding of the relationship between local metadata considerations and those necessary for optimal discovery within aggregations, and will be well-positioned to draw on strategies and free services to make their collections more discoverable.

The workshop series is offered as part of our "Harvesting California's Bounty" project (2018-2019) and is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian.

July 8, 2019 - Comments Off on Tour of the California African American Museum and Research Library

Tour of the California African American Museum and Research Library

Saturday, July 27th, 2019 at 10:15 AM

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is pleased to announce a tour of the California African American Museum and Research Library taking place on Saturday, July 27th, 2019 at 10:15 AM. Only 20 spots available.

CAAM - California African American Museum. Photo: Stacey Abarbanel and Brian Forest, on behalf of CAAM. 13 July 2017. [CC BY-SA 4.0]

Located in Exposition Park, the California African American Museum's mission is “to research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art, and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States.” Join LAAC for a tour of the museum’s current exhibitions and the research library. After the tour, attendees are invited to have a casual lunch with CAAM Research Librarian Denise Mc Iver at the Banc of California Stadium food court located in Exposition Park. The tour is free. Lunch will not be provided. 

Tour of CAAM exhibitions and library: 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM.

Lunch with CAAM Research Librarian Denise Mc Iver: 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM.

RSVP via Eventbrite.