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Do you have a disaster plan? When was it last updated? In case of an emergency,how useful would it be? These are just a few questions that apply to the situation in which museums,libraries,and archives found themselves over the past few weeks in Iowa,Minnesota,and other places affected by flooding. Some [...] While this isn’t strictly archives-related,I think that many of us can empathize with the director and employees here. Moving your entire collection to a new location is one of those things that you hope you won’t have to do more than once or twice in a lifetime. Knowing that it’s worth hundreds of millions [...] Back in the beginning of March,I talked about records relating to the JFK assassination that were kept by the Dallas DA at the time,Henry Wade,and not made available to the public. Somehow I missed the next twist to this story. Turns out that the DA’s office provided digital copies of the documents [...] From a statement by the Society of American Archivists on International Archives Day: The International Council on Archives at 60
Sixty years ago,the archives of Europe were just starting to recover from World War II. Records were destroyed,damaged,and [...] One of the most popular questions that I’ve been asked is “how can I preserve this newspaper clipping?”In fact,I suspect that if I polled archivists,I’d hear that it was easily in their top ten. So,I thought I’d share some of the resources and information that I give patrons and researchers (as [...] One of the things that I find myself thinking and talking about a lot is the future of archives,of the research process,and of the different levels of access that continue to evolve with the internet. I recently stumbled across the blog of Dan Cohen,and this post from April really grabbed me. Dan [...] When I started to blog,I decided that I wouldn’t try to post just for the sake of having something new up. I’d guess that this is pretty evident to anyone reading along,as I haven’t been on the blog much lately. I’ve been traveling,mostly for fun,over the past few weeks. Since [...] A fire at Universal Studios in Hollywood this morning was finally contained after 4-5 hours of burning. From the LA Times article: At least 300 firefighters battled the blaze,including with water-dropping helicopters. The fire,which started at about 4:30 a.m.,was expected to burn into the afternoon,although it was contained. Four firefighters suffered [...] |
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