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What Have We Lost? A Unified Effort to Preserve North Carolina’s Community College History North Carolina Community College Library Association Conference Libraries are Golden…Celebrating 50 Years! - March 30 - 31, 2017 Carteret Community College/Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City, NC Presenters: Clark Adams and Debbie Luck

How It All Began  Clark Adams , Randolph CC English instructor, & Debbie Luck , Randolph CC Dean of Library Services, teamed up to establish RCC’s archives in 2005  Work continued through the 45 th & 50 th anniversary celebrations in 2007 & 2012  RCC archives experienced ups & downs

Randolph Community College

 Began working with NC Digital Heritage Center in 2012  Clark served on System Office 50 th Anniversary Committee and made visits to other college archives collections  Jenny Thomas , Randolph CC Information Technology Librarian, joined our team  Clark reached out to Erin Allsop , Archivist at Central Piedmont Community College Then …

Let’s see if others are interested in forming a state-wide community college archives association!

December 2, 2016 Meeting at Randolph Community College

Mr. George Fouts, Interim President of the NC Community College S ystem, 2015-2016

Do we need a community college archives association?  To share best practices  To facilitate professional development  To support and mentor each other  To advocate for the importance of CC archives locally and at the state level

What is the NCCCAA? The North Carolina Community College Archives Association was founded upon the importance of the preservation of the heritage and history of the NCCCS and its individual colleges.

Purpose and Mission The mission of the North Carolina Community College Archives Association is to promote and support the preservation of archive and special collections materials within the 58 institutions of the North Carolina Community College System and to serve as a statewide voice on behalf of North Carolina community college history. Accomplish this mission through:  networking and the exchange of information  providing professional development opportunities  advocating for institutional archives on a local and state level  promoting the preservation of North Carolina community college history  fostering an awareness and appreciation for the importance, significance, and value of college archives collections

 Lack of dedicated staff  Lack of dedicated space  Lack of time  Lack of training  Lack of support (administration, resources, money

Next S teps A little homage to the beach before moving on!

What questions do we need to answer?  Should the archives organization be a stand-alone group or operate under the auspices of another organization? Name? Bylaws?  How should we communicate? Meet?  Should we create subcommittees to address specific issues?  Do we need a liaison to the NCCC System Office?  What type of professional development is needed? Who can provide it?

S NCA Conference March 16 – 17, 2017 in Asheville SNCA members visit/advise cc archives collections Revive the “Archives Boot Camp” Share information about their workshops

 The NCDHC supports community engagement and lifelong learning by promoting and increasing access to North Carolina’s cultural heritage.  Housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  Supported by the State Library of North Carolina with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, and by the UNC-Chapel Hill University Library

Other Resources Organizations: NCCCLA, NCLA Local: Public libraries, local history museums State: State Archives, University/College archives, NC Preservation Consortium

Thanks for attending!  Contact: ncccarchivesassociation@gmail.com  Blog: https://ncccaa.wordpress.com