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Ministry of Reshelving

August 19, 2005October 12, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Oh dear. Let’s hope no one tries this prank in the library. A little like another trickster in the museum world. Merrilee ProffittMerrilee Proffitt is Senior Manager andprovides project management …

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Libraries Archives and Museums

Cabinets of Curiosities

August 14, 2005August 14, 2005 - by Merrilee Proffitt

At our 2005 member forum, Günter talked about the European “cabinets of curiosities” or Wunderkammern, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Precursors to today’s libraries and museums, these privately …

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Archives and Special Collections / Research Library Partnership

International archival gateways

August 9, 2005August 9, 2005 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In May, RLG convened a meeting on international archival gateways, hosted by one of our members, The National Archives in the UK, and funded by the Delmas Foundation. This was …

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Digital Preservation

Born Again Bits

August 5, 2005August 5, 2005 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 1 Comment

I am not a digital preservation professional. I do not even play one on TV. The digital preservation guru at RLG is Robin Dale, who sits in the same pod …

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Research Library Partnership

Happy 30th Anniversary, RLG!

August 4, 2005November 2, 2007 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Yesterday was the annual RLG barbeque and picnic (for staff located in Mountain View, California — the two staff members in New York City are left to celebrate in their …

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Archives and Special Collections / Research Library Partnership

Testing, testing…

August 2, 2005August 2, 2005 - by Merrilee Proffitt

I sent out an email on the EAD list yesterday, asking for folks to help test the server and desktop versions of the RLG EAD Report Card. As of this …

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Libraries Archives and Museums

What’s in a name? (a declaration of dependence)

August 1, 2005August 1, 2005 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 1 Comment

Some of us at RLG have been kicking around the idea to start a blog for a while. Early on we agreed to focus on issues of interest to our …

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