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Memory Rising: December 2023
In this month’s edition:
- January 2024 online course: Climate impacts on libraries and archives
- Free webinar series on New York City, climate change, and libraries
- February 2024 Association of Research Libraries institute on sustainability
- This month’s recommendations
Shout out to [last month’s newsletter](https://mailchi.mp/c66758af6022/memory-rising-september-2023-newsletter-12664307) readers - several of you wrote in to tell me about circulating art libraries you’ve admired or used in the past. What a delight!
Last month I traveled to Pittsburgh to give a new talk, “Retaining a River,” for the Bernadette Callery Archives Lecture Series. This was a new talk about watershed documentation and some pivotal turning points from Ohio River watershed history. It was the third time I’ve given a talk in Pittsburgh (and the third time in November!) and visiting Pittsburgh always feels like hanging out with Cincinnati’s big brother. Many thanks to my hosts and the enthusiastic and engaged IRL and online audience. You can [watch the recording here](https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8bdd95a0-b992-4505-970d-b0c90177991c).
I’m always in a reflective mood in December, due to my birthday coinciding with the end of the year. Memory Rising’s first several months of business have gone well. Thanks to everyone who has helped open so many doors for me. I don’t have enough words to express my profound appreciation, and every day I’m glad I took this leap of faith in building out my own business.
May you have a restful and restorative end of the year, and let’s hope we begin to see more peacemaking, community building, and justice in 2024. -Eira
# January 2024 online course:
# Climate impacts on libraries and archives
Are you a librarian or archivist who wants to prepare your archive or library for climate change? Sign up for [**Climate Change Impacts on Libraries and Archives**](https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/328-climate-change-impacts-on-libraries-and-archives/) for Library Juice Academy. This asynchronous course will take place starting January 1-28, 2024. Since you can work at your own pace, no need to be present on the first day!
[Registration is now open](https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/328-climate-change-impacts-on-libraries-and-archives/), and the course costs $200. During this course, participants will learn about the basic science of climate change, study its public policy implications and climate trends in their local region and institutions, and develop practical strategies for beginning to address climate change within the scope of their work.
Although this is an asynchronous online course, I will be offering live office hours and significant support though the course. I hope you’ll sign up, and I look forward to the community we’ll build together to kick off the year!
# Free webinar series on New York City, climate change, and libraries
Earlier this year [Memory Rising partnered with METRO](https://metro.org/climate-change-exposure-metro) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of climate change exposure and adaptation strategies for libraries within New York City and Westchester County.
I’ll be doing a two-part webinar series with METRO to discuss the report and takeaways that librarians can use to drive climate change planning at their institutions (whether they live in New York City or elsewhere). The first webinar is on [Tuesday December 12 at 1:00 PM](https://metro.org/events/climate-change-exposure-metro-region-part-1-what-are-implications-libraries), and the second webinar is on [Tuesday January 23 at 1:00 PM](https://metro.org/events/climate-change-exposure-metro-region-part-2-what-can-libraries-do).
# February 2024 Association of Research Libraries institute on sustainability
The Association of Research Libraries is hosting a [President’s Institute on Sustainability](https://events.arl.org/presinstitute2024/4138661) on February 8 in San Diego. It’s a great lineup of speakers who will be tackling several sustainability-related topics of interest to research libraries. You can register for it [via ARL’s website](https://events.arl.org/presinstitute2024/4138661). Feel free to reach out to me if you’ll be there too!
# This month’s recommendations
[How Does the National Weather Service Work?](https://outsideinradio.org/shows/how-does-the-national-weather-service-work) (podcast episode) - One of my favorite podcasts is Outside/In, and this guest episode from the Civics 101 podcast explores the origins, operations, and importance of the National Weather Service. The NWS is truly one of the United States’ most important agencies, and this is a great primer.
[Floods put Washington historic documents at risk, but a new home is pricey](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/floods-threaten-wa-historic-documents-but-a-new-home-is-pricey/) (article) - Claire Withycombe of the *Seattle Times* explores how recurring flooding issues are affecting Washington’s state archives - but the goal of getting a new building is an uphill battle due to falling state revenues, rising construction costs, and other factors. Unfortunately this issue is happening all over the United States as archives face increasingly serious facility issues without a clear path forward to protecting irreplaceable records. Shout out to the journalists who are covering this on the local level.
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