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More Social History of the Paper Cup
My five- (and thinking about it, possibly six- ) part series on the social history of the paper cup continues on my friend Jason Young’s blog, Food in the Library. In this installment, a bit about...
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The Mysteries of LC
How to create LC subject headings (a group effort by myself, Bill Cron* and Beth Panozzo): To do LC headings, simply take the first two letters of the author’s middle name. Pick a random number between...
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This is amazing.
$5,000 Award offered for improving library workers’ Salaries, Status The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) is seeking nominees for a $5,000 award, courtesy of the...
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“We are the They” – training beyond the credential
Another example of how annoying the SAA listserv is… So, someone writes in asking, more or less, how to be an archivist — she asks in terms of where she should go to school. And since everyone on this...
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You’re worth it, baby
Happy International Women’s Day! Thanks a million to Dee Dee for her awesome new comic about sexism in our feminized profession: Holy moley, there’s so much happening here that I love. I especially...
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NARA snooze and EXTREME EPISTEMOLOGY
The National Archives is redesigning its website. Like most government website redesigns, anything will be better than what they have now. Anything. If you don’t think I’m serious about how bad their...
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Why I also don’t post to Archives & Archivists
In honor of Ben Bromley’s post, I thought that I would keep the ball rolling about why I don’t find A&A useful, and also talk about professional development resources that I do find useful and how...
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the ducks
Back in library school, Maureen and I talked about the patriarchy, the archives, and programming languages all the time. “Start writing again” has been on my to-do list since forever, and today Maureen...
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Give the people what they want – EAC and whether we should care
‘Tis the season. The Society of American Archivists’ conference has come to DC, and yesterday dozens (dozens!) of us descended onto the National Archives and Records Administration for a pre-conference...
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Librarian heroes. This is a trope I would like to see developed.
There are a lot of things I like about this video. Watch it, share it, promote it:
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