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So pleased the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded UC Merced an Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant. Big thank you to @NEHgov and to the many people who have supported this effort. #libraries#archives#access#research https://t.co/J6LsFFJwP2
Excited to share that @ucmercedlib was awarded a $200,000 #SHARP grant from @NEHgov! "Regional Archives for California’s Central Valley" will process 2 archival collections & 4,000 photographs w/in #UCMercedCARA documenting rural counties in the Central Valley. #UCMercedLibrary
Sadly, such a rescue or digitization did not happen in time for priceless African collections, to our collective loss. What are we in California going to do? https://t.co/3HWaLTdCUj
This #NationalParkWeek, we reflect on saving the archives of Sequoia and Kings Canyon (SEKI) National Parks, which contain the 130-year history of #Sequoia National Park, from the destruction of California’s wildfires. https://t.co/GWPJmXQrcq #SierraNevadaResearchInstitute
Ernest Lowe photographed the Beaver family in Teviston, CA in the 1960s & 2015. The family was among thousands of Black sharecroppers that migrated to the #CentralValley after WWII. See the slideshow narrated by Ernest Lowe https://t.co/Bp08LBex1C via @FacebookWatch#BHM
Marlene Tanioka, born in Merced, was one of 15 people interviewed about struggles faced by Issei & Nisei in the Central Valley in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066. The Merced Assembly Center Documentary Interviews Collection https://t.co/k1oKED09sW #DayofRemembrance
At this workshop you'll learn about best practices for research data management, integrity, archiving, and strategies for disaster data recovery. Dont' miss out! Register now: https://t.co/l2b1EZQ1c2