and on with the old news…
Last year we did a great exhibit called “Eye of the Beholder.” Well, not so much we, as everybody else who decided to do the really heavy lifting for us. Here’s the theory behind the exhibit: take a single photograph, …
Author: Arlene Schmuland
Eye of the Beholder. Once more.
Last year, to great acclaim, we launched an exhibit in October entitled Eye of the Beholder. We took a single image from our holdings and sent out a call in September for anybody within UAA and APU to provide interpretation …
a chance to join our merry band
We’re accepting applications for a tenure-track, faculty archivist here at A&SC. The job ad appears below. If you’re interested, apply at the University’s job site. September 4, 2009 is when the search committee will be begin reviewing applications. The …
another quiet week
I (Arlene) am off to Austin this week for the annual Society of American Archivists conference. MC will be holding down the fort, with an occasional substitution by Nicole. So it’s probably going to be fairly quiet on the blog …
enough with the glycol already (or I need to get a life)
So I (Arlene) was staying far too late on a Friday night just finishing up some small details. I was almost down the stairs and out the door when I heard my name called behind me. It was Sharyl Kitchin, …
It’s that time of the year
No, no, not what you’re thinking. It’s time for the annual A&SC report to the library on how we did on our goals last year and what our goals are for the next. Since this is done via a presentation …
a quiet week in Lake whateverthisis…
So, we’ve not been very good about the blog this week. But we have an excuse. Between researchers, Nicole, Mariecris and I (Arlene) have been working for Kathy. Kathy’s a pretty hard taskmaster. So we’re keeping busy–or at least telling …
Is it live? or is it Memorex?
Sadly, most of you are probably too young to remember this particular ad campaign (sigh). Or cassette tapes, for that matter (double sigh.)
I (Arlene) have been thinking about the whole digital thing today. And whether or not a digital …
filed under ‘better late’
So we’ve been hearing a lot about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. And I (Arlene) realize we’re a week or so late with this. But hopefully you’ll forgive us.
At any rate, one of the things that’s …
Not in the archives
I (Mariecris) love movies and am especially excited when archives make it into the movies. In Fool’s Gold, the two main characters utilize the archives to find hidden treasure. Robert Langdon, in Angels and Demons, navigates temperature and …