One of the more exasperating things about travel (and particularly holiday travel) is the dearth of time that I seem to have for sitting down and thinking (and then posting) about things that I want to discuss–and I’ve been doing a lot of traveling over the past few months. Something that I’ve been thinking [...]
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I think that Russell over at Records Junkie proposed something earlier this week that is probably of interest to some–the idea of creating “identity-based”interest groups through SAA. This could be a place where like-minded archivists meet up with other like-minded archivists around activities that they enjoy. I bet there are probably some folks [...] I’m in Chicago this week,attending NEDCC‘s Persistence of Memory conference,and I hope to share some thoughts about that soon,once I’ve digested things a bit. Until then,a quick article about public records and a recent ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court from the Columbus Dispatch. A brief snippet: Even deleted e-mail messages [...] There are a lot of ways that an economic depression can affect archives,libraries,museums,and other cultural institutions. Many of these are detrimental to the work that we do–including cuts in funding for staff,programs,and projects,and I don’t wish to downplay the effects of those things. However,let’s think positively for [...] As a sort of side note to recent conversations in the archivo-blogosphere about preserving digital conversation,and the sometimes fleeting nature of born-digital materials,I’ve been following a few discussions about the nature of blogging and how that fits with the academic system. The question of whether blogs can be “worthwhile”and “academic”has been [...] |
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