In your shoes, I would certainly put together a written timeline of major
events in the organization history, including name changes or when one
millionth policy written, names of presidents, etc.    I do think the key is
that you put this together along with planning before it is taken away from
you like by public relations, etc.
That is the crucial thing so you can get some credit for your work.
Otherwise public relations or marketing will take credit for it.   Sounds
harsh, right?

We had a major 40th anniversary here at the university and I only heard
about it secondhand after the president formed a committee, etc.   When the
Dean of Libraries inquired why the archivist was not on the committee, he
was told that I was considered a "resource" person.   Then I had folks
coming in and wanting a complete chronological run of photographs of the
men's basketball team or other things which either (1) we didn't have
because the offices didn't save them or think to send them to the archives;
or (2) the photograph collections (200,000 pictures) had never been
organized because we didn't have staff.    Although I helped out where I
could, this department and library never got the recognition we should have
gotten for our work in collecting, preserving, and providing the historical
resources.    BUT that is exactly what you want to be known for!    That's
why I emphasize that.

Dean





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Dean DeBolt, University Librarian
Special Collections
University of West Florida Library
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