At the July meeting of Archivists Being Awesome, Samip Mallick presented on the South Asian American Digital Archive, an independent non-profit organization, newly relocated to Philadelphia, working to document, preserve and provide access to South Asian American history through a post-custodial digital-only archive. All of the stories and materials SAADA collects are freely accessible online at http://www.saadigitalarchive.org

1. Archivists Being Awesome
July 30, 2012

9. Why is it important?
• “A community without its records is
a community under siege, defending
itself, its identity, and its version of
history without a firm foundation on
which to stand.”
-- Jeannette Bastian

15. What makes SAADA unique
• Post-custodial archive
• Digital-only archive
• Radically focused on access
• Materials described at the item-level
• Actively engage community members in a
dialogue about history and the role of archives

17. http://www.saadigitalarchive.org