Archives Forum

Register for Archive This! The 3rd Annual L.A. Archives Bazaar (click here for registration form).
The third annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar will be held Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the USC- Davidson Conference Center from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

MISSION PDF document
The LA as Subject Archives Forum is an association of archivists, artists, librarians, local leaders, and researchers dedicated to improving the visibility, access, and preservation of archives and collections documenting the rich history of the Los Angeles region. The Archives Forum seeks to articulate the challenges posed by the large and complex subject of “Los Angeles,” broadly defined, with its diverse languages, peoples, neighborhoods, geography, institutions, environments, cultures, and histories. More

STRATEGIC PLAN PDF document
The Archives Forum, through its Standing Committees, has developed a series of one- and three-years plans. Read the one- and three-years plans.

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NEWS & MEETING MINUTES
Read the latest news from the Archives Forum and the Executive Committee.

BACKGROUND
The Archives Forum was originally convened in 1997 by the Getty Research Institute as the LA as Subject Advisory Forum to support the work of its four-year research project, L.A. as Subject (1995–1999). The Advisory Forum produced the landmark print publication Cultural Inheritance/L.A.: A Directory of Less-Visible Archives and Collections in the Los Angeles Region (Getty Research Institute, 1999) and simultaneously released a companion online database. The directory provides detailed descriptions of the archives and collections of over 175 regional institutions. The companion online database was transferred to the University of Southern California’s Archival Research Center in 2000 and is now updated and published online. The Advisory Forum changed in name in 2004 to the LA as Subject Archives Forum.