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,…
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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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…
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…
We’re very, very pleased to announce that A&SC is co-sponsoring a week long electronic records training intensive with the Society of American Archivists. A few years ago, in response to professional demand, SAA developed a Digital Archives Specialist certificate that is completed through a series of in-person courses and web…
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…
