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University of Michigan Library

Archive-It Partner Since: Jan, 2017

Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

Organization URL: https://www.lib.umich.edu/collections/collecting-areas/special-collections-and-archives/web-archives   

Description:

The University of Michigan Library's mission is to support, enhance, and collaborate in the instructional, research, and service activities of the faculty, students, and staff, and contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharing the record of human knowledge. The materials in the University of Michigan Library Web Archives reflect our mission as we seek to preserve online resources in specific topical areas.

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Elections in Africa

Archived since: Feb, 2020

Description:

This collection captures online activities associated with electioneering in Africa. Web accounts associated with elections in Africa provide a rich platform for capturing events as they occur in their regions. The various sources ranging from professional journalism to freelance authorship and from partisan political parties to activism make the medium a rich resource. Nonetheless, much of Web activities emerge in the periods preceding elections and fizzle out or disappear altogether after elections. This archive attempts to maintain a record of these momentous activities across a continent that is undergoing extraordinary changes nearly a century after the wave of independence swept across the nations. Since the dawn of independence in the middle of the twentieth century, African countries have gone through varying degrees of democratic freedom ranging from single-party rules to military takeovers, rapid successions, and failed states. This archive is dedicated to capturing these events as they unfold.

Subject:   Politics & Elections

State Policies on Book Challenges in Schools and Libraries

Archived since: Sep, 2023

Description:

The State Policies on Book Challenges in Schools and Libraries Collection examines the often “lost” or “hidden” documentation behind book challenges and bans in schools and libraries. The collection pulls policies from most of the states and has a special focus on collecting both policies and contextual sources from the state of Michigan. While collected materials may touch on other institutions such as commercial entities, universities and colleges, and cultural institutions such as museums, the majority of the materials concern public schools and libraries. Collected materials consist of proposed bills; past legislation referred to in challenges; school board meeting minutes; school or district-level policies; press releases; and other related documentation. Many of the materials archived here are publicly available but where necessary, we have collected materials that are essential to the narrative around book bannings and challenges, such as Ron DeSantis’ press releases or news articles concerning book challenges and bans in the state of Michigan. This collection is in conjunction with the Diversity in Children’s Literature collection.

Subject:   Government - US States Government,  Politics & Elections ,  Government Policies Libraries Education

Water Politics in Michigan

Archived since: Sep, 2017

Description:

The state of Michigan has seen numerous crises and controversies surrounding the protection of its lakes and rivers as well as the responsibility to provide safe, clean water to residents. The Flint water crisis; the price increases and subsequent water shut-offs in Detroit; and the reaction of local communities to the Enbridge Mackinac pipeline have sparked debates about racism, environmental justice and water as a basic human right. This collection attempts to capture the dialogue about access to clean water taking place on websites and social media between government officials and community organizations.

Subject:   Government,  Politics & Elections ,  Science & Health

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