Today is MayDay. While some think of it as the first day of May and a way to celebrate Spring activities, in the archives world it is a day designated to do something significant to protect archival collections in the case of a disaster. It is a day for archivists…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: San Jose, Costa Rica Tuesday: Shannon, Ireland Wednesday: Mont St. Michel, France,…
To celebrate Public Health Week (April 7-13) we in the Archives decided to do a medical exhibit in the great room of the Library entitled “What Medicine Used to be” using rare books. One of the books was quite captivating: “The prevention and cure of disease; a practical treatise on…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: St. Pierre (jail cell that protected one of the only survivors of…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Gran Plaza, Monterrey, Mexico Tuesday: Hong Kong, identified by Kevin McClear Wednesday:…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Bled, Slovenia. Marisa LaFleur Janack provided our answer, and in near record…
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here. Monday: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Christie Ericson got this one.) Tuesday: Colmar, France.…
A little late on the round-up for last week, sorry about that! But here we go: Monday, with no correct answers submitted, San Pedro Sula, in Honduras. Tuesday, Lisa Denison had it correct with Brugge, Belgium. Wednesday, Lisa Denison managed her second in a row, with the Bridge on the…
In 2002 was a milestone for A&SC: the Alaska’s Digital Archives was founded. This collaborative project between the Alaska State Library, the UAF Rasmuson Library, and the Consortium Library (and the archives sections within each), was founded with the assistance of a Congressional appropriation. Always a challenge, always a lot…
This past week we had quite a few winners for our contest. On Monday, Kevin Tripp won with the Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary (he even guessed the direction of the photo!) On Tuesday, Christie Ericson identified the photograph as Luxembourg. (The Grand Ducal Palace, as Kevin later pointed out.) Wednesday,…
