Office Hours with the Archivists

Join us to celebrate Archives Month in a special open office hour with the Congregational Library & Archives archivists' Zachary Bodnar and Billy McCarthy.

Do you want to ask about best practices for storing your materials? Learn more about which records you need to keep and for how long? Find out what a finding aid is and whether or not you should create one for your church’s records? Join us to learn about these topics and more.

Zachary and Billy will be ready to answer your archival questions, as well as following up on a few audience questions they did not have time to answer in previous Church Stewardship Initiative programs.

Anyone interested in church archives and records management is welcome to attend. Attendees are also encouraged to submit questions in advance to ref@14beacon.org.

The event is free to all, but registration is required via this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5217277874329/WN_1sI5UK8WQNeINWo5zZv0xw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about the webinar.

For more information, please email programs@14beacon.org.

SPEAKER BIOS

Zachary Bodnar graduated with a Masters of Library and Information Science from Simmons University, with a concentration in archives management, in 2018. Prior to his work at the CLA, Zachary worked at the Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden archive, the Vassar College Special Collections, the Harvard Law School Library, and the Harvard Botany Libraries. Zachary joined the CLA as an Archives Assistant in 2017, helping to prepare materials for digitization through the New England’s Hidden Histories program. In 2018, he took on the title of Archivist. His professional interests include metadata collection and management, digital archiving, audio/visual preservation, and archives management.

Billy McCarthy graduated with a Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) at Simmons University with a concentration in Archival Management. He started working at the CLA through a graduate internship and was hired full-time as an Archivist in 2018. Billy is the Head of Reader Services, helping the CLA’s visitors with reference requests and facilitating in-person research. Billy also serves as the collection manager for the archives, working with CLA’s offsite vendor to protect and maintain the organization’s archival records. Some of his professional interests include increasing access, collection management, processing of complex materials, and facilitating research.