Bonnie Gordon, Patrick Galligan and Hillel Arnold
Digital Programs Team, Rockefeller Archive Center
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Engage & empower users.
Any tasks that require caring, whether for people or nature, any tasks that require immediate feedback and adjustment, are best done holistically. Such tasks cannot be planned, coordinated, and controlled the way prescriptive tasks must be.
Ursula Franklin
The Real World of Technology
I’m not here to watch you, to study you, to judge you, I am here to be with you, to thank you. (I understand later that this is the essence of this artwork: the artist as open presence.)
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Looking Back from 2010
Build networks, not silos.
Practice positive, solution-centered communication.
people
systems
reaching out for help
recognizing value
two heads > one
taking ownership
fresh perspectives
uncovering biases
hear and understand
identify problems
move towards solutions
Invest in yourself and the profession.
Learn constantly by taking strategic risks.
blog posts
conversations with colleagues
iterative changes
version control
development environments
Support broad and equitable access to archival materials.
Respect researchers’ privacy.
mobile first
accessibility
internationalization
value labor
lower barriers to research
minimize collection of user data
create sensible retention policies
remove restrictions
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
Octavia Butler
The Parable of the Sower
Bonnie Gordon @sosinister
Patrick Galligan @p_galligan
Hillel Arnold @helrond