More thoughts about professionalism and archivists

 This started as a response to Russell‘s post on my previous musings,but I thought I’d share it here instead because it was getting a bit lengthy.

I agree that we have to figure out what being a professional archivist really means before we can make much progress. I don’t think that just promoting the [...]

Advocating for ourselves

Regarding the idea of archivists and advocacy,there are two main ideas rolling around in my head at the moment–and I’d like to share them here. This isn’t an exhaustive list,but it’s meant to provoke thought and other ideas.

The first thought is related to my post about the Issues and Advocacy roundtable [...]

Google and Piracy

 It’s been kind of a rough week here at ArchivesFound headquarters- but I plan to be back with a few new posts soon. For now,it’s Friday,thank goodness.

In celebration of an oft overlooked constituency,you can now translate your Google search into Pirate–just in time to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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Remembering the fallen

Library of Congress Web archive of September 11,2001

The September 11 Web Archive

Access:sharing information about professional conferences

Looking over my notes from SAA 2008,I’ve been struck by how many sessions that I wish that I could have attended. I know that I’m lucky to have been part of the 40% of SAA members that went to San Francisco,but I wish that I could have cloned myself and gone to additional [...]

SAA 2008:Preservation Section meeting

As I suspect many others are doing,I’m still trying to catch up on sleep and work backlog from my week in San Francisco. I’m hoping to post more about sessions and roundtables later,but for now,  some highlights from the Preservation Section meeting on Friday (8/29).

Announcements and Updates from consortiums and funding agencies:

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