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Home Archive by category "Preservation/Conservation"

Category: Preservation/Conservation

New in the Archives, March-April 2022

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Digitization, Grants, New accessions, Preservation/Conservation, Reference

Thanks, first, to Access Services!

We’ve been very grateful to have time loaned to us by the Library’s Access Services department. Many days over the past several months, we have had a few hours of their staff time and they’ve …

FAQs: what about digital materials?

Acquisitions, Facilities and equipment, FAQ, Preservation/Conservation

In our ongoing series of questions asked by History students at UAA:

In the modern social media era, a lot of things are exclusively digital. How do you foresee the preservation of such content in an official archival setting?
This
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Visiting Alaska in 1940: films from a salesman

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Digitization, Finding aids, Preservation/Conservation

Along with collecting archival materials ourselves, we also serve as the archives for the Alaska Historical Society. When they receive gifts of archival materials, they bring those gifts to us and we care for and provide access to them.

Recently …

Earthquake recovery: a year later

Disaster recovery, Preservation/Conservation, Rare books and theses

Some of you may recall the earthquake we had in November 2018. Thankfully the archives didn’t suffer too much damage. Boxes off of shelves, but thankfully the boxes did their great protective job of the contents and the archival materials …

Getting the NAS

Arrangement and description, Digitization, Facilities and equipment, Preservation/Conservation

For years we (the archivists) had grappled with what to do with our electronic records. But in 2018 a couple of things happened that made us realize we really needed to make headway. Up until then, our digitized content was …

Getting the grants: Atwood Foundation and CLIR RAR

Digitization, Grants, Preservation/Conservation

In 2017, I (Veronica) decided I wanted to digitize the audio, video, and film within our collections. The idea had been in my head for a while, mainly because we kept receiving requests to digitize the audio reels in the …

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 …

Why I want compact shelving

Disaster recovery, Facilities and equipment, Preservation/Conservation

This may sound like a weird topic in the midst of dealing with clean-up after an earthquake, but bear with me here.

There’s a few reasons. We’re nearly at capacity for physical collections, our vault is about 85-90% full. …

Archives month event: free book enclosure class: RSVP required!

Archival instruction, Classes and tours, Events, Preservation/Conservation, Workshops

Thanks to Northwest Archivists, the professional association for our region, we received some funding for an Archives Month event.

Do you have some books, journals, or diaries that need a little added protection on your shelves? Want to learn …

May Day: blinded by the light

Conservation, Disaster preparedness, Preservation/Conservation

We’re a teensy bit late on May Day this year. On May 1, we often celebrate May Day by doing something to help us out with preservation or disaster recovery planning. We’ve been getting some collections with old stills in …

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