Causality dilemma: creating a twenty-first century university archive

For its fifteenth anniversary, the Jay Sexter Library at Touro University Nevada (TUN) sought ways to capture its institutional history by founding an archive. Among many challenges, the library struggled to convince the administration of the importance of an archive. To generate interest in TUN’s h...

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Main Authors:	Faye Mazzia, Megan De Armond
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021-01-01
Series:	Journal of the Medical Library Association
Subjects:	history institutional archive oral history panel discussion
Online Access:	http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1056

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spelling	doaj-60772aa2616a46c5a4dc366aaeceb7012021-01-07T15:57:46ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of the Medical Library Association1536-50501558-94392021-01-01109110.5195/jmla.2021.1056552Causality dilemma: creating a twenty-first century university archiveFaye Mazzia0Megan De Armond1Assistant Professor and Electronic and Technical Services Librarian, Jay Sexter Library, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NVAssistant Professor and Research and Instruction Librarian, Jay Sexter Library, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NVFor its fifteenth anniversary, the Jay Sexter Library at Touro University Nevada (TUN) sought ways to capture its institutional history by founding an archive. Among many challenges, the library struggled to convince the administration of the importance of an archive. To generate interest in TUN’s history, a task force comprising library, executive administration, and advancement staff hosted and recorded a panel event with some of the university’s original faculty, staff, and administration. By having this event, new TUN employees were able to experience the shared knowledge of TUN’s early days, and the library was able to create and preserve its own institutional history.http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1056historyinstitutional archiveoral historypanel discussion
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title	Causality dilemma: creating a twenty-first century university archive
title_short	Causality dilemma: creating a twenty-first century university archive
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series	Journal of the Medical Library Association
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description	For its fifteenth anniversary, the Jay Sexter Library at Touro University Nevada (TUN) sought ways to capture its institutional history by founding an archive. Among many challenges, the library struggled to convince the administration of the importance of an archive. To generate interest in TUN’s history, a task force comprising library, executive administration, and advancement staff hosted and recorded a panel event with some of the university’s original faculty, staff, and administration. By having this event, new TUN employees were able to experience the shared knowledge of TUN’s early days, and the library was able to create and preserve its own institutional history.
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Causality dilemma: creating a twenty-first century university archive

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