A Reflection piece on "La Prensa de Minnesota," a newly available collection in the Immigration History Research Center Archives (libnews.umn.edu)

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During the initial stage of rehousing the materials as well as entering their details into ArchivesSpace, I had a lot of time to think as I worked. I found myself reflecting on all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making archival information accessible both in analog form and digitally. So much archival labor occurs behind the scenes, away from the eye of users. As archivists very well know, processing work is an invisible and at times tedious, but essential part of making records available. By the time a user receives a box of materials or a digital file in front of them, someone would have already worked hours upon hours on the backend preparing those materials for use. As a result of my work during the past year, I now have a much better understanding and appreciation of this work.

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[-] mkulima@baraza.africa 3 points 8 months ago

These kind of work makes me realize we need to do more to own our ‘newspapers’ by going more local and vernacular.

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