Hi! We are one week away from the History Librarians Interest Group Spring Program. Please register if you are interested.
The History Librarians Interest Group invites you to a live conversation about our relationship as history librarians with the work of curating historical primary sources - the "primary source projects" within our institutions and libraries, those in our proximity, and those existing primarily online. We'd like to learn about primary source projects you're proud of leading, collaborating on, supporting, or referring to, and we'd like to know how much primary source work feels supported within our employers' missions.
As history librarians, how do we see our relationship with the curators of historical primary sources? Who are those curators? Is preservation of "the record" part institutional, library, or personal, professional-identity mission? How well do we know the work of the primary source curators around us? What primary source projects are we proud of, or proud to support and refer our users to?
The format of this live, online discussion may include live polling, chat-posting, and verbal discussion. Convener Elizabeth Allen and incoming convener Rachel Brekhus will moderate. This discussion will be held on May 20, 2026 at 2pm eastern/1pm central time.
Our hope is that participants will leave with ideas for connecting with the primary source curators in our midst.
If you are interested in joining us for this discussion please register here: https://lsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Uj_YT7cXQ82Z6TJ0lGCoxw
If you will be joining us, it may be good to have links to collecting and preservation policies or projects you worked on with collaborating archives. (if you don't have ready access to those that is okay too!)
If you have any questions please reach out.
Thanks,
Elizabeth Allen
Convenor, HLIG, 2025-2026
elong6@lsu.edu
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Elizabeth Allen
Humanities and Social Science Research Librarian
LSU Libraries
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