Weekly roundup: where in the world is Jack?

Thanks to all who participated in this past week’s Where in the World is Jack? contest. Here’s the round-up: Tuesday: Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia Wednesday: Callanish Stone Circle, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, our daily winner: Kevin Tripp Thursday: Togo Friday: Sydney Tower, Sydney, Australia, our daily winner: Ashley Deitrick   Thanks…

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Calling archivists: looking for a change?

Are you an archivist with a few years in the profession looking for some new experiences? Energetic? Passionate about archives? Interested in a diversity of users, materials, and experience? We’re looking for you!  More details in the ad below. This is a re-posting of an existing opening. Review of applications…

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Where in the world is Jack?

Contest time! In 2013 we received a substantial collection of photographs and slides from Betty and Jack Rieur. Mr. Rieur served in the military in WWII and was stationed in the Aleutians. But he also traveled extensively worldwide after that and his collection includes slides from all sorts of international…

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King Crab casserole?

Some of you might have spotted this image that we put on our Facebook feed on Thursday 2/27/14. (To see a larger, readable version, you can click on the image.) Now, I don’t like crab so this isn’t a recipe that normally I’d look at twice. Except I’m a bit…

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The unpredictability of archives

I was telling somebody this story this morning and since it was way too long for a Facebook posting (you are a fan of our Facebook page, right?) I decided it would make a hopefully not too long blog entry. I’m curious now: do you assume that usually only historians…

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Join our crew!

Wow, that’s starting to sound really familiar as a title this year. The good news is, our former employees go on to get really great jobs! Having said that… The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a tenure track faculty archivist.…

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Those of you who have been following us for some time either here or on Facebook (or both) may have noticed that occasionally we do what archivists are normally very bad at doing: we document ourselves. This all started back in 2009 when Mariecris decided that our outfits all matched…

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