Helping in Haiti

Have you been reading the updates on the Haiti earthquake and wishing that you could help? Are you an archivist,conservator,preservation professional? Read on.

There has been a call for volunteers through the Blue Shield network,and according to the International Council of Archives,as of February 11,2010,there have been over [...]

February 18th,2010 | Category:access,advocacy,Archives,archives in the news,disaster planning,Preservation | Comments are closed

Archives and preservation in the news

A quick roundup of things that have recently caught my attention:

Are archivists today’s real peacemakers?

Politicians,beauty queens,and rock stars all claim they want world peace. But could the unassuming archivist,more likely to be found buried in a stack of yellowing newspapers than at a global summit,be [...]

February 18th,2010 | Category:access,advocacy,Archives,archives in the news,Preservation | Comments are closed