Dale Reading Room | Photo courtesy of RISD’s Fleet Library staff
Event Title: An Introduction to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)’s Special Collections & Archives
Date & Time: Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 12:30-1:30 PM
Format: Webinar via Zoom
Join us over lunchtime for an introduction to the Archives and Special Collections at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)’s Fleet Library. Angela DiVeglia, Instruction and Outreach Librarian for Special Collections, and Emma Metcalfe Hurst, Special Collections Librarian/Archivist, will provide an overview of the two departments, highlight what’s in their collections, and share how they support reference, research, and instruction. Zoom attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at the storage stacks, as well as the Dale Reading Room and exhibit spaces. Additional topics will include cataloging, digitization projects, collection development, and policies. At the end of the presentation, there will be an open Q&A session.
This is a free, virtual webinar hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registering for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation via email with a link to join the webinar. This webinar will be video recorded.
ABOUT
RISD Special Collections includes over 20,000 important and rare printed books, periodicals, and artists' books that date from as early as the 14th century to the present. Historical as well as contemporary materials cover the fine arts, architecture, photography, decorative arts, and design. These collections provide primary resources and inspirational materials for the RISD community and outside researchers.
RISD Archives collects, preserves and provides access to records and artifacts, including photographs and publications that document the history and development of RISD programs, policies and procedures and contributions of individuals and organizations associated with the School and Museum. Records in the Archives date from RISD’s founding in 1877 to the present.
SPEAKERS
Emma Metcalfe Hurst is a Special Collections Librarian / Archivist at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design. From 2023-2024, she was the Kress Fellow in Arts Librarianship at Yale University's Haas Arts Library and the Yale Center for British Art Archives. As the Kress Fellow, she co-developed a day-long artist studio archives workshop for Yale students and local artists. She brings her background as a writer, curator, and artist to her information work, where she specializes in artist-run-centre archives, artist and performing arts archives, and arts librarianship. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art & Design and a dual MASLIS from the University of British Columbia, both located in her hometown of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Angela DiVeglia is an artist, urban gardener, curator, and the Instruction and Outreach Librarian for Special Collections at the Rhode Island School of Design's Fleet Library. Her work centers around visual and immersive research, social movement documentation, public history, post-industrial landscapes, and the transformative power of community archives. She's a founding member of the Papercut Zine Library and the Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive and serves on the Board of Dirt Palace Public Projects, a feminist artist-run space that offers artists' residencies, exhibitions, and events in Providence, RI.
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