Two Embedded Archivists Walk Into a Reading Room: How Two Archivists Navigated a Student Assignment from In-Person to Virtual

Abstract

Have you wondered how other archivists navigated student projects being switched from in-person format to a virtual world and back again? This session will discuss the best practices with virtual consultations for a semester-long assessment project for an Africana Studies course and how two archivists rebuilt the in-person research consultations for this process. We will also be reflecting on how we have built lesson plans for our students that are responsive to their lives and the social movements that they are active participants in and how the lesson can become one that connects with them more deeply to the historical contexts of the collections for their Africana Studies course.