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Mark your calendars,folks! Home Movie Day 2010 is October 16th. If there’s no HMD scheduled in your area,think about setting one up yourself–for this year,or getting started for next year. This could be an interesting activity for American Archives Month,or just a great way to reach out to your community. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] [sorry for the dreadful pun;I just couldn't restrain myself.] This is an excerpt from a post that I’ve added to the (closed) course discussion board for LIS 2223:Archival Access,Advocacy,and Ethics. I’ve talked about PAHR before on the blog,but I think that it’s important to continue discussing and supporting this and [...] The State Library of Massachusetts,for now–but for how long? Governor Deval Patrick (for whom I voted in 2006) is now threatening to close the library because of state budget issues. If you disagree with this,sign the petition here and let the governor’s office know that this is a bad idea. You can [...] What are your plans for Saturday,October 17th? If your answer was anything other than “of course I’ll be celebrating Home Movie Day!”you have plenty of time to change your mind. Rake the leaves during the week,set up Tivo to capture the college football games,grab the popcorn and head over to [...] We found out in mid-June that we were selected as a recipient of the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf in the final round of awards. Since then,I’ve been itching to receive the materials from the American Association of State &Local History (AASLH) so that I could review them and put together a [...] Update:According to the Columbus Dispatch,Ohio lawmakers have passed an interim budget that will last through July 7. This means that you have more time to make calls,send emails,and rally supporters for this cause. Get to work! The Ohio Historical Society (a nonprofit org that serves as the state archives of [...] More recent articles about the effects of state budgets on archives and preservation. An update to the Oregon Historical Society’s situation: Oregon Historical Society funded to keep research library open through May- Oregon Public Broadcasting Historical Society spokeswoman Rachel Schoening says it’s important to maintain the library and to allow researchers to use it. Rachel [...] I fully support equal civil rights for gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgendered Americans. Period. For those of you who haven’t been involved in the various discussions on the Archives &Archivists listserv or on other blogs,this might be a bit of a departure from my usual posts. I’ve been tossing this post around [...] |
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