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03.19.25 Personal Archiving – How do I do it?

photo of archiving materials We’re constantly creating physical materials and digital files, but how do you decide which ones to keep? And how to keep them?

Personal archiving is the practice of selecting, organizing, and preserving physical and digital objects that are meaningful to you. Learn about appropriate storage, care and handling, damaged materials, born-digital files, websites, and social media in order to best steward your own collection.

Presented by

Kelsey O’Connell, Digital Archivist

Matthew Richardson, University Archivist

Katie Risseeuw, Preservation Librarian

Northwestern University Libraries

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at Noon on ZOOM.

REGISTER HERE

All university staff are invited to attend.