How to Do Research at YIVO: Reading a Finding Aid

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The Archives and Library at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research represent the single largest and most comprehensive collection of materials on Eastern European Jewish civilization in the world. With 24 million unique items in the YIVO Archives and nearly 400,000 volumes in all European languages in YIVO's Library, the possibilities for research are endless.

Join YIVO’s Reference and Outreach Archivist Ruby Landau-Pincus for a workshop on reading YIVO finding aids. A finding aid is a document that covers the background of an archival collection as well as a description of the materials within the collection and how they are arranged. This workshop will cover what information researchers can expect to discover in a finding aid and will provide an overview of a range of finding aid formats, from digital finding aids to legacy finding aids and other resources available for navigating collections in the YIVO Archives.

This event is open to anyone interested in doing research at YIVO or learning more about YIVO’s vast collections.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. 

About the Speaker

Ruby Landau-Pincus is YIVO’s Reference & Outreach Archivist. She holds a BA in Yiddish Studies from Columbia University and is earning her Master of Library and Information Science degree with an emphasis in Archival Studies from the University of Missouri. She loves that her work with YIVO allows her to meet a huge range of people, from established researchers to people who are just beginning to explore the wide world of Yiddishkeit YIVO has to offer.