Home Movie Day 2010

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.

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Lively and Miltonesque

I’ve been fighting with this WordPress template for days now,and I still haven’t managed to get the header changed yet–there have been a few technical stumbles along the way. For now,imagine that there’s a lovely banner that transports you to a,well,more contemplative and archival place. For now,the busy streetscene [...]

Lunatics and Libraries

First,check out this column from Rebecca Hegelin:

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/rebeccahagelin/2005/08/16/155191.html

Reading isn’t always good for our kids.

How’s that for an opening sentence to stir a little controversy among the educational elites?

We’ve been bombarded by so many messages about how reading expands the mind,excites the imagination and enhances the vocabulary (all of which [...]

The meaning of life…or graduate school

I’ve heard from many a librarian that “graduate school is something you just have to get through in order to do what you want.”I’ve heard it from archivists,too. But why wouldn’t I want to get as much out of the experience as possible? Furthermore,why are people willing to spend money and time [...]