Archival scams
I recently heard that emails have been making the rounds to archives and special collections, along the lines of the Nigerian businessman spams. The emails go like this: We have …
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A day in the life…
Two interesting projects, both (mostly) taking place outside of “our” community. The Yahoo! Time Capsule: Between October 10 and November 8, people can submit photos, writings, etc. to document the …
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Kind of random, but I think these two go nicely together: John Battelle reveals a desire to archive advertising. Meanwhile, this cartoon refers to a new malady, “Archivaholism.” Could the …
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This month is American Archives month. Archivists are trying to create better public awareness of the value of archives and to reach new audiences. I applaud this effort as I …
Read MoreArchivists on Blogging, web archiving
[sorry this photo is so blurry — I clearly haven’t mastered taking snaps on my Treo] This photo is from a session at the recent Society of American Archivists annual …
Read MorePlease fill out my survey! archival collection description
I have put together a brief survey, gathering data for two reasons: 1. I will be speaking at the upcoming Society of American Archivists annual meeting on a panel called …
Read MoreUser studies and ArchiveGrid
Two of my favorite things, tied together: access to archival information, and user studies. All documented here in this RLG Focus article by Arnold Arcolio on our user testing for …
Read MoreEducause podcast with Merrilee
Following my presentation on web archiving at CNI (more about that in a subsequent posting!), I was interviewed by Matt Pasiewicz from Educause. The interview covers web archiving, ArchiveGrid, and …
Read MoreCalling All Angels -ArchiveGrid.org needs you
Hi. My name is Anne and I’m addicted to access to archives. I have had this passion since the first time I started to work in an archive processing a …
Read MoreCollaborative Sourcing
Aggregation – somebody has to pay. In an earlier post I referred to an article by Lorcan Dempsey in which he’s quite convincing about the power that flows from aggregating …
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