{"id":7979,"date":"2018-09-24T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2018-09-28T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:23:52","slug":"archives-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=7979","title":{"rendered":"Archives Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Special Collections will be having an information session in the Fenwick Library Atrium on Thursday, September 27 from 1-4 p.m. to talk about Virginia&#8217;s Archives Month, the REMIX contest, and provide general information about our collections and how we can help students. Check out our \u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>,<\/span> and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/twitter\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>accounts for updates and information on other events this semester<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=7980\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7980\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=7980\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArchivesInfoSession.sm_.800.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ArchivesInfoSession.sm.800\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArchivesInfoSession.sm_.800.jpg?fit=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArchivesInfoSession.sm_.800.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7980\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArchivesInfoSession.sm_.800.jpg?resize=800%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Collections will be having an information session in the Fenwick Library Atrium on Thursday, September 27 from 1-4 p.m. to talk about Virginia&#8217;s Archives Month, the REMIX contest, and provide general information about our collections and how we can help students. 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