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Dear Diary,

Dear Diary:

As an archivist I see a fair share of personal papers in the archives: personal letters, poems, lists, annotations on articles or reports people are writing/editing, and diaries! I love the concept of diaries!  Ever since I was …

What a week!

Since we’ve been a little quiet on the blog of late, just a quick update.  Here’s been the week at A&SC.

Monday: Megan Friedel, our new archivist, started work. We did a tour of the building, requested a university email …

The company you keep

We’re currently in the middle of a Rare Books shift.  In library lingo, that means we’re shifting the books from one place to another.  Or in this case, to another section of the same shelving.

This is not glamorous work.  …

Put the thinking caps on

So I (Arlene) was writing an email this afternoon to set up a meeting and realized that I really dislike the term “Reading Room.”  Where to start?  First, too passive.  People aren’t just reading, they’re researching.  So I suggested Research …

The need to move things about.

I (Arlene) inherited this from my mother.  Periodically, I just need to rearrange furniture.  And I’ve been thinking about the reading room for a long time.  Long narrow tables, lined up in rows, backs to the window, facing the reference …