We’re continuing to convert our legacy finding aids into a more standardized form and in doing so with some trading post records (Wiseman Trading Company) recently, I came across a neat little ledger. The original collection guide said it was an undated checkout register from a “Pioneer Public Library.” Nothing…
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. Albans, England Tuesday: Seville, Spain Wednesday: Devil’s Island cell block ruins,…
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: Versailles, France, identified by Kevin Tripp Tuesday: Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday: Bibi-Kanym Mosque,…
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. Sorry, we had a shortened week this week for the contest. Travel over…
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: Mother Temple of Besakih, or Pura Besakih, Bali, Indonesia, identified by Christie…
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: Canaima National Park, Venezuela Tuesday: Ulan Bator, Mongolia Wednesday: Belize City, Belize,…
It’s been a quiet week reference-wise. So quiet, in fact, that we were beginning to wonder if the phone line is down. Often this is a busy time of year. But reference work tends to ebb and flow, and apparently we’re just having a few quiet days. So when a…
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: Bridgetown, Barbados, identified by Kae Hartman Tuesday: Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada,…
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: Iguazu Falls, Argentina, identified by Kevin McClear Tuesday: Arviat, Nunavut Wednesday: Tokyo,…
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…
