"Counting Everyone: Using Demographic Data to Build Representative Repo" by April K. Anderson-Zorn
 

Document Type

Poster

Publication Title

Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting

Publication Date

4-2025

Keywords

archives, representation, demographics, controlled vocabularies

Abstract

In 2021, the Rayfield Archives migrated from Archon to ArchivesSpace. During the transfer, we asked “Does our repository reflect all of our campus communities?” While we do collect administration-focused records, we also collect affinity and service group records and faculty papers. We ran reports to identify percentages of demographics represented in our collections with little success. Anderson-Zorn began work on creating a controlled vocabulary to apply processed and accessioned materials to understand trends in collecting and identify areas that need improvement.

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This poster was presented at the Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN on April 10-11, 2025.

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