Preserving History
Safeguarding Legacy
Ethical, legal, archival, and copyright advisory for individuals, family offices, nonprofits, and institutions committed to defending history, community data sovereignty, and ethical stewardship against systemic erasure.
Projects
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By invitation only.
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By invitation only.
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By invitation only.
As a copyright librarian, I usually work behind the scenes of large cultural heritage institutions. Among my proudest achievements are projects that:Make hidden figures visible: Behind the Veil and Project VoxMake the 20th Century available to the present: H Lee Waters and SNCC Legacy ProjectPreserve the 21st Century for the future: Oral History and Scholarly Publishing
I provide this same expertise to individuals, organizations, and institutions of all sizes. As part of the larger community of practitioners in several fields, I have access to expertise beyond my own.1. Copyright ConsultingPolicy, infrastructure, and compliance auditing for institutional repositories, libraries, historical societies, and university administrators.2. The Personal LibrarianPrivate "Personal Librarian" consulting for individual donors, foundations, and advancement leaders.3. The Jane Gibson Evans ProjectOur flagship archive and community data sovereignty initiative.The Focus: A living model demonstrating how complex legal standards, oral history workflows, and lineage tracking protect everyday people as primary co-creators of public memory.Access: Participation in the JGE Project is by invitation only.
SERVICES INDEXIndividual Archiving ServicesInstitutional/Organizational AdvisingNAGPRA Advisory ServicesPolicy DraftingDonor and Gift AgreementsAuthor Agreement ReviewOral History Workflow and ConsultingInstruction and Workshops
Meet the Founder
Using the resources of the present to unlock the past, and preserve it for the future.
ARNETTA@BUCKHORNACCELERATOR.COM