Category: Preservation/Conservation
FAQs: what about digital materials?
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 …
Visiting Alaska in 1940: films from a salesman
Earthquake recovery: a year later
Getting the NAS
Getting the grants: Atwood Foundation and CLIR RAR
New in the Archives, August 2019
Why I want compact shelving
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!
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
FAQs: what about digital materials?
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
… Visiting Alaska in 1940: films from a salesman
Earthquake recovery: a year later
Getting the NAS
Getting the grants: Atwood Foundation and CLIR RAR
New in the Archives, August 2019
Why I want compact shelving

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!

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 …