Friday lite
It’s been kind of a busy week for us here in A&SC, so it’s time for a Friday break. We’re going to share with you a favorite photo from our collections.
This one was taken somewhere along Cook Inlet (we …
Author: Arlene Schmuland
Be careful what you wish for
Normally these blog entries aren’t going to be related. But if you haven’t yet read yesterday’s entry, you might want to do so. Even if only to explain the title of this posting.
- Thursday, 9:45 am: 6 tons of records
The coolest job in the world.
So it’s probably not a good sign when Mariecris keeps making up excuses to check on or get a voice response from me (Arlene) to make sure I haven’t passed out on my keyboard. She’s also been following me around …
The gift of citations
We used to get a lot of requests from users who had seen a photo in a book and wanted to reuse it for another purpose and the citation said UAA, so of course they contacted us here at UAA …
A day in the life of…
Or a day in the work life of, anyhow.
Here’s a sample of the things the archivists in A&SC worked on today:
Nicole: Nicole continued proofing the transcript of the Glenn diary in preparation for bringing it online.
Mariecris: Mariecris …
“I’m going to college” comes to A&SC
Today Mariecris Gatlabayan had the great opportunity to work with two groups of fifth and six graders here to attend the UAA-sponsored “I’m going to college” days. They came over to explore what an archives is, what types of things …
The Glenn of the Glenn highway
In 1898 and 1899 expeditions came up through Cook Inlet to look for inland routes to the gold fields (as well as for other reasons, of course.) These expeditions were commanded by Edwin Forbes Glenn, a captain in the U.S. …
Finding aids, production of.
Finding aids are the description that archivists provide to aid researchers in finding the materials they seek. Most of the finding aids we create here at A&SC are single collection inventories: these can vary from an item level listing (rare …
Archives in Alaska: side benefits
Sometimes being an archivist isn’t an 8-5 M-F job. This past Saturday Arlene Schmuland (head of A&SC & your author) traveled to Homer and back in order to work with an incoming collection. More on that collection later when all …
May Day: celebrate by protecting collections
Today is May Day. In the archives world of late, it’s a day we try to celebrate by doing something to mitigate the effects of a disaster on our collections. For more information, see the Society of American Archivist’s May …