My job

Collect, arrange, describe, and preserve documents and other media related to the history of UNCW and Wilmington College

Actively solicit new materials for archives from faculty, staff, and students, including the creation of oral histories and videotaped interviews

Enhance access to the University Archives collection by creating finding aids, overseeing the cataloging of archival materials, and creating Web resources

Catalog A/V materials for Special Collections

Publicize and promote the University Archives by creating exhibits and other learning opportunities

Publications

Lack, A., Dutka, A., and Hayes, S. (2001).  Faculty scholarship collections: identifying, capturing, archiving, and accessing history.  Collection Management 26(2), 57-66.

Riggins, A. L. (2006). [Review of the book The film preservation guide: the basics for archives, libraries, and museums]. Film International 19 (1), 93-95.

Riggins, A.L. (2006). [Review of the book Appraising moving images: assessing the archival and monetary value of film and video records]. Film International 4 (3), 108-109.

Presentations

Riggins, A. L. (2004). Information and records management: an archivist's perspective at UNCW.  UNC System Archivists/Records Managers Spring Meeting, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 31 March, 2004.  [Full text: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/faculty/rigginsa/recmgt.ppt]

Riggins, A. L. (2005).  PastPerfect Museum Software: making it work for you.  Panel, Session III: "Making our Lives Easier?  Using Database Management in Archives."  Society of North Carolina Archivists Spring Meeting, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, 4 March, 2005. [Full text: http://library.uncwil.edu/web/faculty/rigginsa/pp4.ppt]

Research Interests

Oral history
Archives collections
Arrangement and description of archives
Electronic records management