Consulting
Memory Rising works with archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural and humanities institutions on climate action and adaptation.
- Reviewing relevant climate action plans
- Assessment of climate risks and impacts
- Identifying areas for climate action and adaptation
- Teaching and training on climate change impacts
Research
Memory Rising’s work is grounded in research that brings together archival, government, academic, and other sources of information. Key areas of expertise include cultural heritage, recordkeeping public policy, environmental and climate information, the labor movement, and Ohio Valley history.
- Performing extensive review of published and informal literature
- Identifying and using archival sources
- Filing open records requests
- Gathering, preparing, cleaning, and disseminating large open data sets
- Presenting geospatial data in publicly accessible maps and online storytelling tools
Archival Services
Memory Rising provides archival services to environmental, labor, and Ohio Valley organizations that need the guidance of a professional archivist to steward their own archives and historical memory.
- Inventorying and assessing archival records
- Records management
- Collection processing plans