GSLIS Student Profile: Kathryn McKenzie is Awarded Archival Needs Assessment Grant for Work at St. Bartholomew’s Church
Post date: Jun 12, 2024
Current GSLIS Archives Certificate student, Kathryn McKenzie, has been a volunteer archivist at St. Bartholomew’s Church in the City of New York (St. Bart’s) for the past few years. On behalf of St. Bart’s and as part of her coursework in LBSCI 710: Applied Research in Library and Information Studies, Kathryn applied for and received a Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York (DHPSNY) Archival Needs Assessment. The purpose of the assessment is to examine the archival program, identify and address specific organizational needs, operational efficiencies, storage concerns, and collection management issues. The St. Bart’s volunteer archives team and other stakeholders will begin working with DHPSNY this summer.
In addition to the DHPSNY assessment work, Kathryn aims to take a community archives approach to the church archive expanding opportunities for community engagement and missional social justice work and reflection.