Team from two renowned Brooklyn institutions receives Archival Achievement Award

November 14, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS —The Center for Brooklyn History and the Brooklyn Public Library collections team was presented with the 2024 Archival Achievement Award from the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York, reports the BPL’s Brooklynologist. This award recognizes an individual or archival program that has made an outstanding contribution to the archival profession, or a notable achievement of value to the archives community, its patrons or constituents.

A statement on the CBH’s and the Library’s work, presented at the recent annual symposium and ceremony, commends their diligence during a major transition: “The merging of two nineteenth-century institutions and collections is a daunting feat in and of itself, but merging them towards a new mission of accessible public service is even more vertiginous. The Collections Department at the Center for Brooklyn History has handled this transition and re-alignment with aplomb and professionalism, and with real enthusiasm. Securing this wealth of information for the public good will forever change the range and caliber of the stories we’re able to tell about the history of Brooklyn, and by extension, the history of immigration, of industry, of urban life, and arts and culture. They deserve every accolade for their tireless efforts in this endeavor.”

The Archivists Roundtable is the only program in the metropolitan New York City region dedicated to honoring the work of archivists and those who support archival programs. Awards went to four other organizations as well.

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