1. How Community College Libraries are Preserving their History
62nd NCLA Biennial Conference
October 20, 2017
Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Clark Adams, Erin Allsop, and Jenny Thomas

2. What is the NCCCAA?
North Carolina Community College Archives Association An organization founded upon the importance of the preservation of the heritage and history of the NCCC system and its individual colleges.

3. Purpose and Mission
The mission of the North Carolina Community College Archives Association is to promote and support the preservation of archive and special collections materials within the 58 institutions of the North Carolina Community College System and to serve as a statewide voice on behalf of North Carolina community college history.
Accomplish this mission through:
networking and exchange of information among members throughout the state and with state archives officials
providing professional development opportunities
advocating for institutional archives on a local and state level
promoting the preservation of North Carolina community college history
fostering an awareness and appreciation for the importance, significance, and value of college archives collections.

4. NCCCAA’s History
Clark Adams & Debbie Luck teamed up to establish RCC’s archives in 2005
Began working with NC Digital Heritage Center in 2012
Jenny Thomas joined the team at RCC
Clark reached out to Erin Allsop at CPCC
Reached out to librarians in CC system to form association
1st Planning Committee meeting held on Dec. 2, 2016 at RCC
Presented at multiple conferences and meeting in 2017
including SNCA, NCCCLA and NCCC Retired Presidents Annual
Planning Committee to meet at GTCC in Dec. 2017

5. Challenges Lack of dedicated staff Lack of dedicated space
Lack of time
Lack of training
Lack of support
administration, resources, money

6. Condition of our Collections
The next slides will showcase the condition of collections from Community Colleges throughout the State of North Carolina. While some CC’s have called upon the State Archives to assist with their collections, many institutions have been all but forgotten due to budgetary or administrative constraints.

7. Beaufort County Community College
Saundra Pinkham - Beaufort County Community College Library has a dedicated room for archives. Contents include both school archives and the contents of a donated genealogy collection.

8. Cape Fear Community College
Todd Hooten - The archive at Cape Fear Community College ... It triples as basic storage, a conference room, and the archive.

9. Central Piedmont Community College
Erin

10. College of the Albemarle
Shirley Outlaw - At the present time we do have a room to store our archives in.

11. Randolph Community College
RCC’s Archives are kept in a warehouse called Building 13. It is mostly used as storage for old furniture and items headed to auction. Basically, where unwanted things go to die.

12. Clark Adams, Debbie Luck, and Lisa Gregory at NCCCLA, 2017.
What we’re doing now…
Use WordPress Blog to share resources and events.
Keep members updated via .
Spreading the word by presenting at conferences and meetings.
Clark Adams, Debbie Luck, and Lisa Gregory at NCCCLA, 2017.

13. Group Discussion at first Planning Committee meeting, Dec. 2016
What comes next…
Next Planning Committee meeting
Discuss By-Laws and Constitution.
Group Discussion at first Planning Committee meeting, Dec. 2016

14. Screenshot from NCCCAA’s WordPress blog.
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Screenshot from NCCCAA’s WordPress blog.

15. Thank you!