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March 20, 2018 - Comments Off on Call for Pitches – Acid Free issue 7

Call for Pitches – Acid Free issue 7

S P A C E

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Acid Free, the online quarterly magazine of the Los Angeles Archivists Collective, is welcoming contributions for its upcoming issue. Acid Free seeks to be a smart, complicated, non-academic forum for a variety of voices and issues in our field, to ground archivists locally and regionally while also keeping an eye toward larger conversations and landscapes.

The theme of our May 2018 issue will be SPACE, which can be broadly interpreted through an archival lens: this could encompass science and technology, Sci-Fi, physical or virtual spaces of all kinds, or other takes on the theme. Articles can highlight documents, collections, or exhibitions; explore local landmarks; or address theme-related subjects and issues.

Pitch us your idea by telling us in a few sentences what your article is about and how it relates to SPACE and archives. Please keep in mind our submission guidelines* and check out current and past issues of Acid Free for examples.

Pitches will be accepted through April 2nd at: acidfree@laacollective.org.  We’ll review them and get back to you by April 9th.

Thanks from the Acid Free team.

 

*Articles can be any length, but we recommend keeping it under 3,000 words, and can be illustrated with captioned images in .jpg format.

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March 9, 2018 - Comments Off on LAAC Book Club No. 16

LAAC Book Club No. 16

April 18, 6:30-8 pm

Join us for our sixteenth 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, April 18, 2018, from 6:30-8 pm at Alcove Cafe (1929 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles 90027). Participants to the Book Club will be capped at 12. Please email hello@laacollective.org to reserve a spot.

We will be reading the book, Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble.

From NYU Press: In Algorithms of Oppression, Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of color. 

Let us know if you can’t get a copy of the book, we can help get you one.

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

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March 7, 2018 - Comments Off on LAAC Spring Meet-up

LAAC Spring Meet-up

April 4, 5:30 pm

Seal and dog, [n.d.] Security Pacific National Bank Collection, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

Hey hey..time for the LAAC Spring Meet-up!

Catch up with your friends & colleagues while enjoying the spacious beer garden at:

RESIDENT | 428 Hewitt St. | Arts District

They've got a HAPPY HOUR until 7 and FOOD TRUCKS all evening.

All are welcome. RSVP here and see you there!

February 20, 2018 - Comments Off on Tour of 20th Century Fox Archives

Tour of 20th Century Fox Archives

Photo by Elijah Flores on Unsplash

Photo by Elijah Flores on Unsplash

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is pleased to announce a tour of the 20th Century Fox Archives taking place on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 at 2 PM.
Located on the lot in Century City, the Fox Archives is mandated to collect, catalog, preserve and make accessible the following assets of the 20th Century Fox studios: props, set decoration, photographs, art department and publicity materials from their film and television productions, and from the 20th Century Fox studio itself.

Only 15 spots available! *Please make sure to include your email - Address and parking details will emailed prior to the tour.
Click here to RSVP.
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February 5, 2018 - Comments Off on LAAC Community Planning Meeting

LAAC Community Planning Meeting

February 25, 4:00 pm

Girls parading at Echo Park Christmas Parade, 1998, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library

All LAAC members are invited to the Los Angeles Archivists Collective Community Planning Meeting on Sunday, February 25 at 4:00 pm at the Lost Knight bar in Echo Park. We will try to meet in the first floor bar area--if it is full, then 2nd floor indoor bar area.

Lost Knight

1538 W Sunset Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90026

Subcommittees will share goals set for the year. A few subcommittees do not have Chairs, so we will also discuss possible collaboration among groups. We will share financial reports open up the floor for feedback and brainstorming.

There will be archivist totes and pins for sale!

Meeting Minutes will be posted to the LAAC website. Anyone unable to attend is encouraged to email agenda items to hello@laacollective.org.