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Home Archive by category "Acquisitions"

Category: Acquisitions

New in the Archives, September 2019

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Archival instruction, Arrangement and description, Classes and tours, Digitization, Finding aids, Reference

September was our first month with reduced hours. If you’re wondering why we have reduced access hours, it’s because one of our archivists left in late August and several years of University budget cuts have meant a hiring freeze for …

New in the Archives, August 2019

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Conservation, Digitization, Exhibits, Facilities and equipment, Finding aids, Grants, Outreach, Preservation/Conservation, Reference

Notable news:

Veronica has moved on to a great new job in the Lower 48: Farewell, Veronica, safe travels, and we wish you all the best!

Change of hours: Due to several years of budget cuts at the Consortium …

New in the Archives: March 2019

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Digitization, Finding aids, Grants, Outreach

What have we been up to in the Archives in March? You might well ask, because the answer is: quite a lot! Here’s some highlights:

New collections described

S.S. Shamrock pilothouse record, 1924-1925. Pilothouse record detailing the ports and …

Archives field trip: picking up a collection

Acquisitions, New accessions

Going to visit people in their homes and offices to look at and pick up collections is a fairly regular occurrence around here. We like to think of them as archival field trips! We had one of those today, but …

New in the Archives: June 2018

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It’s so hard to stay inside in June in Alaska! But we managed to get a lot done anyhow. Here’s the June 2018 wrap-up:

New personnel:

Sara Rollins, a local high school student, is volunteering with us this summer for …

New in the Archives: March 2018

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March has been a busy month for us! Must be all that extra light we’re getting right now that’s letting us get all this work done!

Collections described:

Ruth Hart papers; 1964-2003. HMC-1279. The collection contains the papers of Ruth …

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Acquisitions, Appraisal, Conservation, Outreach, Photographs, Preservation/Conservation

Were you a part of the Women’s March on Saturday?

Here’s what’s going on. As anybody who reads this probably already knows, we as an archives in an educational institution have an obligation not only to preserve materials, but to …

Describing Collections: Things that aren’t Archival

Acquisitions, Appraisal, Deaccessions, Policies, Rare books and theses

When we tell people we permanently remove material (mostly news clippings) from collections, you can almost hear them gasp. When I have had to explain why newspapers are not archival according to our collection policy, they seem to understand. …

A day in the life of an archivist

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“So, what does an archivist do?”

It’s a question I hear a lot from pretty much everyone, from researchers and other faculty members, to people I meet in my everyday life. I generally give them the short answer, which is …

Sharing Community Images

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When and where: Saturday, October 15, 11 am – 4 pm. Archives, Consortium Library Room 305. Parking is Free! If you can’t make it on this day, contact us: we’ll see what we can do to accommodate you. uaa.archives@alaska.edu

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