Learn how the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room acquires, manages, and promotes the archival collections within its care. This session will take you behind the scenes in the Heritage Room at the Athens-Clarke County Library. Get the insider look at how a community archive works to save the materials in its care and tell the story of Athens, Georgia.

Comedian George Carlin once observed, “A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” By now, many of us have discovered (1) we have more stuff than we know what to do with, and (2) our kids and grandkids have their own stuff and don’t want ours. This class offers practical approaches to organizing, decluttering, and downsizing your stuff, based on Margareta Magnusson’s book (and the Peacock TV series) "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning," as well as the instructor’s own experience "living the Swede life.”