Michael Barera

 

University and Labor Archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington.


  • Master of Science in Information, University of Michigan
  • Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Michigan

E-Mail: michael.barera@uta.edu

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Recent Submissions

  • Creative Innovative Programming for Nontraditional Audiences 

    Barera, Michael; Guthrie, Norie; Hinton, Andrew; Montgomery, Sheon; Levitt, Marc; Newberry, Brittany; Crilly, Marta (Archival Outlook, 2020-01)
    Whether you’re trying to connect devotees of Harry Potter to naval aviation, indulging folk music aficionados, or training the next generation of archives users, reaching nontraditional audiences with innovative programming ...

  • Take This, It’s Free: Public Domain Clearance Project at Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries 

    Barera, Michael; Northam, Adam (Archival Outlook, 2018-09)
    Copyright law in the United States is notoriously complex. To aid researchers at the Texas A&M University–Commerce Libraries in discerning copyright status more clearly, archivist Michael Barera and digital collections ...

  • UTA Photograph Collection, News Service Photograph Collection Now on Wikimedia Commons, Used in Wikipedia Articles 

    Barera, Michael (The Southwestern Archivist, 2020-08)
    All of the digitized photos in the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries Special Collections' UTA Photograph Collection and UTA News Service Photograph Collection are now on Wikimedia Commons and many of them ...

  • Take This, It’s Free: Public Domain Clearance Project at Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries 

    Barera, Michael; Northam, Adam (The Southwestern Archivist, 2018-05)
    In early 2016, Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries archivist Michael Barera and digital collections librarian Adam Northam developed a project to identify images that have entered the public domain from a selected ...

  • Mind the Gap: Addressing Structural Equity and Inclusion on Wikipedia 

    Barera, Michael (University of Texas at Arlington, 2020-10-20)
    Wikipedia’s often-quoted mission and purpose is a quote from co-founder Jimmy Wales: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're ...

  • A Walk through the Wikiverse 

    Barera, Michael (University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-10-25)
    Join the UT Arlington Libraries during Open Access Week for a venture into Wikipedia. Wikipedia is often the place where research begins on the internet. It is ranked 5th in overall global web traffic. Its mission is to ...

  • Disaster Relief in an Academic Library Archives 

    Barera, Michael; Livingston, Preston (Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, 2020-08-07)
    Learn about the challenges posed by a complete HVAC failure that caused interior flooding and how to overcome them and institute recovery processes to restore the archives of an academic library. This poster presentation ...

  • Introduction to the Texas Labor Archives 

    Barera, Michael (Texas Center for Working-Class Studies, 2020-02-20)
    "Introduction to the Texas Labor Archives" tells the story of the creation, early growth, and development of the Texas Labor Archives, the largest labor archives in the state of Texas.

  • Reaching Outside the Reading Room: Engaging Non-Traditional Audiences throughNew and Innovative Programming 

    Barera, Michael; Crilly, Marta; Guthrie, Norie; Hinton, Andrew; Montgomery, Sheon; Levitt, Marc; Newberry, Brittany (Society of American Archivists, 2019-08-05)
    In this lightning session, archivists from various institutions share how they provide access to their records in new and innovative ways using programs that go beyond basic finding aids to actively engage and attract new ...

  • Take This, It’s Free: Digital Media in the Public Domain 

    Barera, Michael; Northam, Adam (Texas Library Association, 2018-04-04)
    Digital collections have been a part of Texas A&M University at Commerce Libraries holdings since 2006 and we want to ensure our digital content is as accessible as possible. In 2016, to expand our audience, identified ...

  • Becoming a Wikibrarian: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing or Librarians and Archivists 

    Barera, Michael; Dodd, Samantha (Texas Library Association, 2018-04-04)
    As the fifth most popular site in overall global web traffic, Wikipedia is often the starting point for research. Its mission is to provide free access to knowledge. So how can librarians and archivists leverage the power ...

  • Marketing Strategies for the LibQUAL+® Survey 

    Barera, Michael; Livingston, Preston (Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, 2017-08-04)
    In today’s environment, decision-making in any organization is typically based on quantitative analysis, better known as metrics. It has become increasingly important for organizations to provide data, and one instrument ...

  • With a Little Help from My Friends: Engaging Diverse Stakeholders to Create an Archival Nursing Exhibit 

    Jeffers, RaeAnna; Haygood, Laura; Barera, Michael (2020-10-27)
    Presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association. OBJECTIVE: Librarians and archivists at a large public research university created a nursing history exhibit documenting ...