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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I’m preparing to spend 1.5 days as a participant at THATCamp Columbus,and I’m really excited about the possibilities. Some of you may recall that I was also a participant in THATCamp Austin back in August,and I came away from that experience with some solid ideas and some [...] As an archivist (and come to think of it,as a person),outreach is something that I am passionate about. When I hear stories like the one below,my first instinct is:how can I help? How can I make this better? The story,from NPR:Saving Folk History,One Recording at a Time [...] 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 [...] 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 |
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