Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Claire Kasaian
Staff Writer
In recent months Armenian Studies Program archivist Malina Zakian has been continuing her project to digitize the Armenian Studies Program’s photographic archive. Zakian and several graduate students have been digitizing photographs in the archive, which includes the Meltickian Collection: Armenians in China, 1915-1953 and the Kazarian Collection.
Zakian has created a Flickr Commons account for the photographs to give greater access to scholars for their research. She similarly hopes to generate public interest in the collections so that the community could locate these pictures online and help the Armenian Studies Program identify the historical context for each photograph.
“Many photographs have little or no historical information associated with them. We hope to tap into the knowledge and experience of the community to bring these images to life as historical documents. Our Flickr page allows the public to ‘tag’ or label pictures, providing names of individuals, events, places, dates, or any other information that might be relevant to improve the documentation of these photographs,” said Zakian.
Zakian also stressed that the Armenian Studies Program Library is available for scholars to conduct research. Scholars can find the various articles and books the library contains by accessing the online catalogue at libraryworld.com.
The Armenian Studies Program Library supplements the large collection of books on Armenian history, literature, language, and culture located in the Henry Madden Library at Fresno State.