Roadshow at the Fair?

[Joshua Zimmerman]

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I helped put together the Seattle Archives Preservation Roadshow last May at NARA.  This event helped to provide the public with information about archival preservation in the form of take-away resources as well as in-person advice.  I would like the opportunity to take the roadshow “on the road” to the Seattle Public Library in condensed form for the Archives Month celebration in October. I think that this would be a great addition to the repository booths, speakers, and other activities that the group has planned.  Before and after the event, I received email inquiring about future roadshows from people who couldn’t make it to the May roadshow.  I think there is broad interest in personal preservation education and have made it a personal mission of mine.

This would also be a great way for un and under employed archivists, contract archivists, students, or recent graduates to get involved in this great outreach event. 

I would like any feedback on this idea as well as any potential volunteers.  Ideally, I would like to get as many people as possible, but probably limit the number of volunteers to 10 (two each hour for 5 hours).

Also, take a look at the resources page on our site http://seattlearchivesroadshow.wordpress.com/resources/ and tell me if you have others to add.  I'm always on the lookout for more good useful (and practical) information for the non-archivist.
 
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Josh Zimmerman