a chance to join our merry band
We’re accepting applications for a tenure-track, faculty archivist here at A&SC. The job ad appears below. If you’re interested, apply at the University’s job site. September 4, 2009 is when the search committee will be begin reviewing applications. The recruitment is subject to closing without notice at any time after…
another quiet week
I (Arlene) am off to Austin this week for the annual Society of American Archivists conference. MC will be holding down the fort, with an occasional substitution by Nicole. So it’s probably going to be fairly quiet on the blog this week, unless I discover something fantastic I just have…
enough with the glycol already (or I need to get a life)
So I (Arlene) was staying far too late on a Friday night just finishing up some small details. I was almost down the stairs and out the door when I heard my name called behind me. It was Sharyl Kitchin, of the library’s Access Services department. Turns out there was…
It’s that time of the year
No, no, not what you’re thinking. It’s time for the annual A&SC report to the library on how we did on our goals last year and what our goals are for the next. Since this is done via a presentation to any library employees that want to attend and that…
a quiet week in Lake whateverthisis…
So, we’ve not been very good about the blog this week. But we have an excuse. Between researchers, Nicole, Mariecris and I (Arlene) have been working for Kathy. Kathy’s a pretty hard taskmaster. So we’re keeping busy–or at least telling her we’re keeping busy. This week has been part of…
Is it live? or is it Memorex?
filed under ‘better late’
Not in the archives
I (Mariecris) love movies and am especially excited when archives make it into the movies. In Fool’s Gold, the two main characters utilize the archives to find hidden treasure. Robert Langdon, in Angels and Demons, navigates temperature and relative humidity controlled encapsulated rooms whose oxygen levels are kept low to…
Adventure in archiving
[Mariecris:] When working the reference desk you never know what type of reference requests will come along. Some of them are pretty consistent: people doing research for a book/dissertation, requesting images for a documentary or exhibit, compiling family history etc. But every so often we get a request that completely throws…