Texas Capitol and Visitors Center

 Crossposted from Austin is for Archivists

The Texas Capitol and Visitors Center are worth a visit while you’re in Austin for SAA. The Capitol,built in the Renaissance Revival style,was completed in 1888,and the dome is taller than the national capitol in Washington,D.C. It is the largest state capitol building (360,000 square [...]

March 30th,2009 | Category:History,SAA | Comments are closed

Standing up and being counted

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 [...]

February 12th,2009 | Category:advocacy,SAA | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

What is the line between professional and personal lives?

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 [...]

December 16th,2008 | Category:SAA | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Advocating for ourselves

Regarding the idea of archivists and advocacy,there are two main ideas rolling around in my head at the moment–and I’d like to share them here. This isn’t an exhaustive list,but it’s meant to provoke thought and other ideas.

The first thought is related to my post about the Issues and Advocacy roundtable [...]

September 22nd,2008 | Category:advocacy,Archives,SAA | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Access:sharing information about professional conferences

Looking over my notes from SAA 2008,I’ve been struck by how many sessions that I wish that I could have attended. I know that I’m lucky to have been part of the 40% of SAA members that went to San Francisco,but I wish that I could have cloned myself and gone to additional [...]

September 8th,2008 | Category:access,advocacy,Archives,SAA | One comment - (Comments are closed)

SAA 2008:Preservation Section meeting

As I suspect many others are doing,I’m still trying to catch up on sleep and work backlog from my week in San Francisco. I’m hoping to post more about sessions and roundtables later,but for now,  some highlights from the Preservation Section meeting on Friday (8/29).

Announcements and Updates from consortiums and funding agencies:

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September 5th,2008 | Category:access,Archives,digitization,NARA,Preservation,SAA | Comments are closed