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A different view of archives

Archives: your ally in the battle against plagiarism. Okay, so this isn’t quite how David Bowie (a new prof in English here at UAA) phrased it, we took a little dramatic license.  But it’s basically the idea.  Professor Bowie visited us yesterday to ask about possibly having some of his…

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the buildup to an exhibit

The entries for our Eye of the Beholder exhibit are starting to trickle in.  Which is good, since earlier this week we had none and were beginning to wonder if we’d have anything to exhibit.  The nature of deadlines and academic institutions, probably.  It’s hard not to hand things in…

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Put the thinking caps on

So I (Arlene) was writing an email this afternoon to set up a meeting and realized that I really dislike the term “Reading Room.”  Where to start?  First, too passive.  People aren’t just reading, they’re researching.  So I suggested Research Center to MC, who said that sounded like a whole…

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The need to move things about.

I (Arlene) inherited this from my mother.  Periodically, I just need to rearrange furniture.  And I’ve been thinking about the reading room for a long time.  Long narrow tables, lined up in rows, backs to the window, facing the reference archivist.  Was this really the most congenial/inviting format?  Did the…

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Archives at the State Fair

It doesn’t seem like a natural match, and after next Monday we might decide it isn’t, but MC & I (Arlene) have volunteered to spend Labor Day at the Alaska State Fair at the UAA booth promoting A&SC and maybe the Consortium Library too.  We’ll take along some of our…

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