Jessica Salow
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Phone: 602-543-2987
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300 East Orange Mall PO Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1006Campus: Tempe
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Jessica Salow is the Assistant Archivist of Black Collections at Arizona State University (ASU) Library. She obtained her Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Arizona and is an alumni of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. She is the recipient of the 2022 Archival Innovator Award from the Society of American Archivists for her work with the Community-Driven Archives Initiative ASU Library. In 2023 she was awarded the Catalyst Award for inspiring and igniting transformation and inclusion at ASU. She is an American Library Association’s Emerged Leader Class of 2024 and is currently the President of the Arizona Library Association. Her current work focuses on specialized reference, instruction and curation of a robust community-based collection of primary and secondary resources that document the lived experiences of Black people living and thriving in the state of Arizona. She currently resides on the ancestral homelands of the Akimel O’odham people of Arizona.
The University of Arizona, MLIS 2017
Arizona State University, BA History/Political Science 2011
Salow, Jessica Marie, Alexander Matthew Soto, Vanessa Jasmine Torrez, and Kenia Menchaca Lozano. 2023. “Centering Community Archives: BIPOC and Queer Solidarity in Community-Driven Archives.” Archival Outlook (Chicago, IL), March, March/April 2023.
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Salow, Jessica Marie, Dr. Christina Carney, Dr. Anthony Pratcher, Dr. Matthew Whitaker, Dr. Duku Anokye, Louis Gregory McAllister, and Margaret Hangan 2025. “Fruits of our Labor: Black Arizonans Built the American Southwest.” In the 110th Annual Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Atlanta, GA.
Salow, Jessica Marie. 2025. “History of Juneteenth and Black Collections at ASU Library” Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) ASU, Tempe Campus.
Torrez, Vanessa Jasmine, and Jessica Marie Salow. 2024. “Intro to CDA, Archives 101, and Black Collections” In Black Family Genealogy and History Society (BFGHS) Presentation. Black Family Genealogy and History Society (BFGHS). Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie. 2024. “Black Collections Support of Black Family Genealogy and History Society at Their 30th Anniversary Celebration.” Black Family Genealogy and History Society. Phoenix, AZ.
Salow, Jessica Marie. 2024. “Black Collections and Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative - Arizona State University Library.” In 2024 Arizona Archives Alliance Archives Summit. Arizona Archives Alliance. Phoenix, AZ.
Saulsberry, Allinston, and Jessica Marie Salow. 2024. “We Rise: Forming Solidarity amongst Black Information Professionals.” In 12th National Conference of African American Librarians. New Orleans, LA.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Rashida Scott-Blades. 2024. “Black Collections and Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative - Arizona State University Library.” In National Conference of African American Librarians. Black Caucus of American Library Association. New Orleans, LA.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Lyndon Batiste, Susan Bond, Emma De Vera, Nicholas Friesner, and Tricia Martone. 2024. “Investigations into a Potential Mentorship Program for ACRL-ULS: Poster.” In 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition. American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries. University Libraries Section. San Diego, CA.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Vanessa Jasmine Torrez. 2024. “Archives 101.” Black Family Genealogy and History Society. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Anthony Pratcher, Honor Sachs, and Marques Vestal. 2023. “Correcting the Historical Record in Arizona: ASU Library’s Black Collections.” In 63rd Annual Western History Association Conference. Western History Association. Los Angeles, CA.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Alexander Matthew Soto. 2023. “Introduction to the Centering BIPOC Memory Keepers and Advancing Equity and Inclusion Fellowship Project at Arizona State University Library.” In Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists. Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Alexander Matthew Soto. 2023. “Community-Driven Archives Initiative: BIPOC & Queer Solidarity and Collective Power.” In Joint Council of Librarians of Color. Joint Council of Librarians of Color. St. Pete Beach, FL.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Catherine Lockmiller, and Stacey Akahoshi. 2023. “Finding Our Way Together: A Report on the Experiences of BIPOC Library Workers in Arizona.” In Joint Council of Librarians of Color. Joint Council of Librarians of Color. St. Pete Beach, FL.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Renee D. James, and Vanessa Jasmine Torrez. 2023. “Through a Community-Driven Archives Lens: Arizona State University’s Community-Driven Archives Initiative.” In Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting 2023. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Alexander Matthew Soto, Vanessa Jasmine Torrez, and Kenia Menchaca Lozano. 2022. “Community-Driven Archives Initiative: BIPOC and Queer Solidarity and Collective Power.” In 86th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists (SAA). Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie. 2022. “Community-Driven Archives Initiative: Black Collections.” In Kaleidoscope Scholar Visit. Association of Research Libraries. Phoenix, AZ.
Godoy, Nancy L., Jessica Marie Salow, and Alexander Matthew Soto. 2022. “Community-Driven Archives: BIPOC Solidarity to Indigenous Sovereignty in Arizona.” In International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM). Temecula, CA.
Salow, Jessica Marie. 2022. “Storytelling 101: Oral History Interviews.” In Juneteenth Celebration Arizona Heritage Center. Arizona Historical Society. Phoenix, AZ.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Charmaine Bonner. 2021. “Connecting Genealogy to Archives: A Way to Bring Communities Together.” In 106th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Online.
Godoy, Nancy L., Jessica Marie Salow, Alexander Matthew Soto, and Lourdes Pereira. 2021. “Community Driven Archives Initiative: BIPOC and Queer Solidarity and Collective Power.” In Presentation Hosted by Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI). Online.
Godoy, Nancy L., Alexander Matthew Soto, and Jessica Marie Salow. 2021. “Community Driven Archives Initiative: BIPOC and Queer Solidarity and Collective Power.” In Presentation Hosted by People of Color in Library and Information Science Summit. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Charmaine Bonner. 2021. “Genealogy Tips & Tricks.” In University of New Hampshire’s College of Liberal Arts and the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in Celebration of Juneteenth. University of New Hampshire’s College of Liberal Arts and the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. Online.
Godoy, Nancy L., Alexander Matthew Soto, Jessica Marie Salow, and Bridget Bravo Valenzuela. 2021. “Developing Community-Driven Archival Collections.” In Presentation Hosted by ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Charmaine Bonner. 2021. “Genealogy Tips & Tricks.” In Nantucket Historical Association. Nantucket Historical Association. Online.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Nancy L. Godoy, Alana Varner, and Charmaine Bonner. 2020. “Understanding Community Driven Archives.” In ASU CSW/SC Professional Development Conference. ASU Commission on the Status of Women and the ASU Staff Council. Phoenix, AZ.
Salow, Jessica Marie, Nancy L. Godoy, Alana Varner, and Charmaine Bonner. 2020. “Archiving One’s Personal History.” In Arizona State University Conference on the Status of Women/Staff Council Professional Development Conference. ASU Status of Women/Staff Council. Phoenix, AZ.
Salow, Jessica Marie, and Mark Pompelia. 2019. “Community-Driven Collections.” In OCLC ARC19 Library Futures Conference. OCLC, October 3. Phoenix, AZ.
Catalyst Award 2023
Emerged Leader from American Library Association 2024
IMLS Grant 2022-2025
American Library Association (ALA)
Arizona Library Association (AzLA)
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
MLK exhibit (Durham Hall) curation team
President-Elect, President, Past President (2024-2027) Arizona Library Association