This year,as summer has turned to fall and the anniversary of 9/11 approached,I have found myself thinking about several ways in which the public memory of these events has unfolded and evolved over the past decade. How have we come to understand what happened on [...]
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Those of you who visit the site (versus reading along via feed reader) may notice a few changes. I completed several major WordPress upgrades on Sunday (from 2.2.3 to 2.8.1–gulp!),and hopefully that will fix some of the attendant issues that have been plaguing Archives Found headquarters. The layout,blogroll,links and theme here [...] A common thread that connects archivists to collections is a love of history. “Duh,”you’re thinking. I mean,how original,right? But we might better ask:where does that interest originate? In a culture of change and disposability,how can we further make the argument that history matters? How can we foster the same historical [...] Library of Congress Web archive of September 11,2001 The September 11 Web Archive Last Saturday,the world of bibliographic control lost a giant,and librarians everywhere lost a friend and mentor. Professor Allen Smith will be remembered by me as a gentle man of many talents,with a wicked sense of humor about the subjects he taught,and about life. From the notification that was sent out [...] Today marks my one year anniversary at this job,as well as the beginning of my second year of post-graduate,full-time employment as an archivist. “I’d like to thank the academy…” Really,in a lot of ways,I’m so glad that I took the leap and moved across the country to take this position. [...] This morning’s brief NYT article about the death of one of the last known survivors of the Titanic made me pause for a moment. Not because I’m a Titanic buff (I’m not,though I do find the story to be fascinating),but because of the mention that the deceased was one of the last two [...] I haven’t been around here as much as I’d meant to be,and that’s partly because I’ve been trying too hard. I’ve been struggling to try to keep life and other non-related things outside of the blog,and it’s not really working for me all that well. Additionally,I’ve been having a hard time keeping [...] I accepted an archivist position that is,so far,the perfect fit for me. I probably won’t be talking much about job specifics (at least not yet),but I intend to be much more active in here regarding issues that affect and are of interest to archives users and archivists. I have a few projects [...] So,it’s been awhile. (Vast understatement:it’s been about 10 months.) Fortunately,I don’t think anyone actually reads this except for me…so at least I haven’t left anyone hanging. Big developments:I finished my masters degree in December,and I’m searching for a job. Things that are making me think right now: My freshman [...] |
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