[Mi-local-history] Greetings

[Bob Garrett]

Hi, everyone!

I am the first full-time College Archivist of Lansing Community College.  I started at LCC on November 27, 2023.

LCC Archives holdings include digital and analog images, scrapbooks, architectural drawings and copies of THE LOOKOUT (LCC's student newspaper).  The materials, spanning the 1950s-present, document the rich history of Lansing Community College.

I am working to collect, preserve and share this history.   One of my main tasks will be using ArchiveSpace software to properly document and describe the collections, thus improving access to them.  I'm also hoping to increase our web presence and have submitted proposals for public programming (Stay tuned!).

I am very happy to be here and to make everyone's acquaintance.   Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the LCC archives and/or research requests.

Bob



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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:32:11 +0000
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Hello,

Welcome everyone to the MiLocalHistory listserv. Our intention is that all of us can benefit from the collective knowledge of the community. To help kick-start postings, are there any current local history project(s) you or your library is working on that you want to share with the group? Or any project questions? Some potential ideas are a new local collection your library acquired, a digitization project, a program/event, etc.

For the Library of Michigan, we have been working with Reveal Digital on the American Prison Newspapers Project (American Prison Newspapers - About JSTOR<https://about.jstor.org/revealdigital/american-prison-newspapers/>). Our participation started last year as staff identified the prison newspapers in our collection, completed the appropriate project documents, and packaged and transported the material to Reveal Digital. The site listed above takes you to the JSTOR portal for this open collection. Many libraries contributed items to the open collection. The easiest way to view the Michigan prison newspapers is to type Michigan in the search bar. Our Michigan prison newspapers will be available on our LM Digital platform as well within the next month. Please take time to explore the collection and inform any patrons/researchers who could benefit from this great resource.

matt


Matthew Pacer
Reference Librarian
Library of Michigan
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Robert Garrett
He/his/him
College Archivist
https://www.lcc.edu/library/find/archives.html
Lansing Community College
TLC 4101F
400 North Capitol Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48933
517-483-1262
Garretr5 at lcc.edu

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