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Memory Rising: January 2024
In this month’s edition:
- Free webinar series on New York City, climate change, and libraries
- Are you part of a labor union or environmental organization?
- This month’s recommendations
Happy New Year! The picture above was taken during a recent hike in Ohio’s Mohican State Park. I’m always excited to see public recognition of New Deal history!
Here in the Ohio River Valley we’ve had a bit of snow so far this year, and temperatures are forecasted to rise to 49°F at the end of the week before they plummet to -3°F a few days later. Indecisive winter weather has always been par for the course here in Cincinnati, but our usual weird weather gets weirder each year with climate change.
During my November visit to Pittsburgh, I joined fellow consulting archivists Bright Archives for a chat about climate change, archives, freedom of information, and watersheds. Katherine and David are incredibly talented audio producers and storytellers, and you can listen to our conversation [via their podcast.](https://www.brightarchives.com/news/podcast-episode-4)
I’m enjoying kicking off 2024 with a small but lively cohort of students in a [Library Juice Academy course](https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/328-climate-change-impacts-on-libraries-and-archives/) on libraries, archives, and climate change. It’s always really interesting to see how those new to the climate space perceive climate change science and policy, and how to apply it to our work as librarians, archivists, and cultural workers. Consulting, workshops, and speaking continue to keep me busy, for which I am profoundly grateful.
My reflective mood from last month continues and I wrote a little bit about one of the major steps I took when I transitioned from working in higher education to working for myself. It involved a lot of compassionate, practical, and blunt conversations. You can [read it here](https://eiratansey.com/2023/12/20/what-it-took-to-take-the-leap/). -Eira
# Free webinar series on New York City, climate change, and libraries
[Memory Rising recently 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.
On [Tuesday January 23 at 1:00 PM](https://metro.org/events/climate-change-exposure-metro-region-part-2-what-can-libraries-do) I’m doing a second webinar of a two-part 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 [now available to watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/OKkki5_WtCg?feature=shared).
# Are you part of a labor union or environmental organization?
I’m planning to expand services in 2024 to providing archival and history research services for small social justice organizations. I’m especially interested in working with labor unions and environmental organizations. Are you part of an organization that’s interested in highlighting its history, marking an anniversary, or getting a handle on a chaotic records storage situation? Feel free to [book a time on my calendar](https://memory-rising.hecticshare.com/public/memory-rising/11-meeting) and let’s see what’s possible!
*(Image credit: Marchers carrying labor union banners, including one reading "Corrugated Local RWDSU District 65, AFL-CIO" during the March on Washington, 1963, *[*Library of Congress*](https://lccn.loc.gov/2013650624)*)*
# This month’s recommendations
[Disability History](https://inclusivehistorian.com/disability-history/) in the [Inclusive Historian](https://inclusivehistorian.com/) (website) - The Inclusive Historian website is new to me, though it’s been around for some time. This entry on disability history (both how historians have approached the topic in the past, and how to engage with it today) is really illuminating.
[Learning to Do Historical Research](https://www.williamcronon.net/researching/) (website) - William Cronon is a giant in the modern environmental history [community](https://niche-canada.org/2013/02/04/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-william-cronon/) and this is his website on historical research methods. I like to revisit this website once in a while - although it is several years old, it’s a great overview of how to conduct historical research and one that I sometimes recommended to new researchers when I worked at a university archive. Since Cronon is an environmental historian, there’s also a really fun section on how to understand the [history of landscapes](https://www.williamcronon.net/researching/landscapes.htm).
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