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Student Organization for Unique and Rare Collections Everywhere Student chapter of the Society of American Archivists

Welcome to SOURCE, the Student Organization for Unique and Rare Collections Everywhere, the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at Rutgers! Join us as we address the interests of all MI students who wish to learn more about the many exciting areas of information science including: special collections, archives, preservation, digital archiving and librarianship, records management, museums, art librarianship, rare books, manuscripts, digital humanities, and more! So come to our monthly meetings, join us on trips, learn from expert guest speakers, and engage with like-minded students and alumni!

CONNECT View the current executive board members of SOURCE here. You can join our Facebook group, follow our Twitter account, and also email us with any questions at rutgers.source@gmail.com. Stay in touch with PaperPeople, the listserv we use to connect with you and post messages about jobs, conferences, etc. To subscribe you can send an email with ‘subscribe’ in the subject to comminfo_paperpeople-join@email.rutgers.edu or manage all your Rutgers email lists at https://it.rutgers.edu/email-distribution/mailman/

ARCHIVES AND PRESERVATION CONCENTRATION The Rutgers MI Program has an Archives and Preservation concentration! This academic focus helps prepare students in career areas such as archivist, digital archivist, digital curation, digital asset management, special librarian, and more! For more information, please contact the Faculty Coordinator of the Archives and Preservation concentration, and the Faculty Advisor for SOURCE, Dr. Marija Dalbello at dalbello@rutgers.edu. To learn more about the concentration please visit the Rutgers Archives and Preservation website.

FALL 2024 MEETING SCHEDULE
All Meetings take place over zoom at 6pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Reminders sent out via PaperPeople.

  • Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 6pm
    • Topic: MARAC Mentoring Program
    • Guest Speaker: John Zarillo, MARAC Mentoring Subcommittee
  • Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 6pm
    • Topic: Local History Departments in Public Libraries
    • Guest Speakers:
      • John Beekman, Chief Librarian of Jersey City Free Public Library and Reference Librarian of the New Jersey Room.
      • Vanessa Castaldo, Archivist at the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at Newark Public Library.
      • Jacqueline Silver-Morillo at the Atlantic City Heritage Collections at Atlantic City Free Public Library.
  • Tuesday, November 12th, 2024, 6pm
    • Crash Course In Handwriting Transcription with Alisa Kraut
  • Tuesday, December 10th, 2024, 6pm
    • SOURCE Board Elections

If interested in attending any events, please keep an eye out on the PaperPeople listserv or email rutgers.source@gmail.com for registration and zoom links.