#ArchivesMonth Archives - Hanging Together

Photograph of a person sitting in a chair with an open book propped on a crossed leg. The person's head is a pumpkin.

Archives Month 2023 is coming to an end in the US. If you want to get caught up on our posts celebrating the interesting things we learned about archives and …

Color photograph of a person setting up a manuscript for digitization using an overhead camera and copy stand.

Digitization and access in archives

October 25, 2023November 7, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber - 1 Comment

In my last Archives Month post, I reflected on the shift in practice related to allowing researchers to use cameras in special collections reading rooms, and what this has meant …

A color photograph of a researcher seated at a table in the archives reading room, looking at a manuscript that is resting in a foam book cradle. In the background is another researcher using a digital camera to photograph archival material.

Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

Cameras in the reading room and the arc of change in archival practice

October 11, 2023October 12, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber - Leave a Comment

One of the cool things about reaching mid-career is that I’ve now been around long enough to see patterns of change in the profession. I’ve recently been working on a …

A black and white photo of an archivist sitting on the floor surrounded by many bundles of files tied in string.

Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

Science fiction, Smaug’s Lair, and the powerful skill of archivists

October 4, 2023November 7, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber - Leave a Comment

October is Archives Month in the US. All month, lots of different archives will be highlighting the cool, the weird, the interesting, and the important things in their collections and …

Archives and Special Collections

A Year of Living Dangerously For Archives (and you)

October 1, 2014 - by Merrilee Proffitt

[This post is in honor of American Archives Month, which starts today!] This year at the Society of American Archivists annual meeting, incoming SAA president Kathleen Roe kicked off her …