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September 7, 2017 - Comments Off on LAAC Fall Meet-Up

LAAC Fall Meet-Up

Find out what everyone’s been up to over the summer! Join us for drinks, food, and conversation at our fall meet-up!

He's the cat's meow, 1963, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.

 

Wednesday, October 4, 5:30-8:30pm
The Cat & Fiddle
742 N Highland Ave
Hollywood

**Cat & Fiddle is in a NEW location! Let’s take advantage of their happy hour featuring $5 drinks & $6 appetizers (5-7pm)

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/285098745327751

See you there!

June 16, 2017 - Comments Off on Tour of UCLA Library Preservation Studios

Tour of UCLA Library Preservation Studios

Join LAAC for a tour of the newly relocated UCLA Library Preservation Studios! 

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 2 pm; 20 Powell Library (ground floor)

Located on the ground floor of Powell Library, the studios provide expert services including disaster preparedness, environmental monitoring, reformatting printed materials, and includes a book bindery, paper conservation center, and A/V preservation stations. We will talk with the preservation professionals who perform incredible conservation interventions on the world-class collections at UCLA and other institutions. RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/r91vGpM5L4dZGZa53

 

Check out the Preservation Studios blog at http://www.library.ucla.edu/blog/preservation for posts about recent projects, including lacquer disc preservation in Cuba by the Head of the Audiovisual Preservation Studio Yasmin Dessem!

May 31, 2017 - Comments Off on LAAC Book Club No. 13

LAAC Book Club No. 13

Join us for our next reading and meeting of the LAAC Book Club--where LA-area archivists and friends read and discuss publications exploring all matters archives.

The group will meet on Wednesday, June 28, from 6:30-8 pm at The Faculty (707 N. Heliotrope Dr). Participants to the Book Club will be capped at 12. Please email hello@laacollective.org to reserve a spot.

We will continue our articles streak with A Labour of Love: The Affective Archives of Popular Music Culture, by Paul Long, Sarah Baker, Lauren Istvandity & Jez Collins, Archives and Records, 38:1, Spring 2017.

 

You can access the article here.

Can’t make the meeting, but are still reading the article? Let us know!