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Home Blog Archive by category "Digitization" (Page 2)

Category: Digitization

New in the Archives: September-October 2024

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Classes and tours, Community engagement, Digitization, Events, Finding aids, Outreach, Uncategorized

Community engagement:

One of UAA’s priorities is to track various ways in which all of us engage with our communities surrounding us. While we do a LOT of that in the Archives, from describing collections to make them available for …

New in the Archives: July-August 2024

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Blog, Digitization, Exhibits, New in the Archives

New project alert

We have been busy over the summer setting up a new project in the Archives! We realized so much of UAA/APU student life is now electronic and more difficult for the Archives to capture (although not impossible, …

FAQs: Why do we need archivists? Everything is online!

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Appraisal, Archival instruction, Arrangement and description, Blog, Classes and tours, Conservation, Digitization, Events, FAQ, Finding aids, Outreach, Reference

There’s two parts to this question, and the quick response to both is: it depends! It depends on your question and the depth and the breadth and the topic itself. So let’s take a closer look at some data that …

New in the Archives, May-June 2024

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Blog, Digitization, Finding aids, New in the Archives, Outreach

Newly described collections

EPH-0559: Alaskan aerial photograph holiday cards; undated. 26 photographic cards featuring aerial photographs of Alaskan villages and holiday greetings.

EPH-0560-APU: South-Central Alaska Regional Science Fair program; 1972.

EPH-0561-APU: Poetry Society of Alaska Stella Borealis newsletter; 1964 March.…

The Intern Round-Up: Connor Benson

Alaska's Digital Archives, Blog, Digitization, Finding aids

Hello everyone! My name is Connor Benson and I have been interning here in the archives for the 2024 Spring semester. I am a senior here at UAA and am set to graduate next semester with a bachelor’s degree in …

New in the Archives, March-April 2024

Alaska's Digital Archives, Blog, Digitization, Events, Exhibits

Newly available:

HMC-1406-AHS: Catherine Jenne slides; 1961-1963, 1966-1969. 0.06 cubic feet. Slides depicting sites across Alaska, Seattle, and Yellowstone National Park.

HMC-1450: Earth Resources Co. Livengood mining records: circa 1971. 0.2 cubic feet. Annotated maps and claim information for the …

New in the Archives: September-October 2023

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Blog, Digitization

What happened in September and October?

A LOT!

Nearly all of our collections are moved off-site in preparation for our renovations (if you missed it, here’s a description of the project). This took about 9 days for our terrific …

Good news and temporary inconveniences

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Blog, Conservation, Digitization, Facilities and equipment, Finding aids, Preservation/Conservation, Rare books and theses, Reference

2/28: Timeline has been updated! A few contracts were delayed, permits were problematic, and so we’re starting and continuing a bit later than intended–and will be limited access for longer than hoped. More details on the current status below.

As …

New in the Archives: May-June 2023

Alaska's Digital Archives, Appraisal, Arrangement and description, Blog, Deaccessions, Digitization, Facilities and equipment, Finding aids, Hiring, University records

We need to start with two huge announcements. First up, Becky Butler has joined us for a two year term archivist position as an Assistant Professor. We’re very excited to have her here and she’s definitely hitting the ground …

New in the Archives: March-April 2023

Alaska's Digital Archives, Blog, Digitization, Finding aids

Newly described:

  • First Alaska State Fair program; 1959. EPH-0497
  • National Bank of Alaska “The Heritage of Alaska” pamphlets; undated. EPH-0498
  • Northern Commercial Company “Native handicraft from north of the Arctic Circle” pamphlet; undated. EPH-0499
  • Z.J. Loussac Public Library Dedication program
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