Of course social media has its benefits. But there are certainly those practitioners in libraries and archives who wax sceptically about this “fad.” Top 10 Reasons Why I think Libraries & Archives should expand not limit their use of social media: 1. An on-line presence today is critical- we’ve all heard the phrase if you […]
Bibliographic Instruction in Archives
Bibliographic instruction in university archives represents just one area where practices as well as standards continuously and consistently evolve, and where archivists have the incredible opportunity to make their visitors become stakeholders and supporters from a positive reference exchange. When searching for articles, I chose to focus on three difference approaches to reference and user […]
Visit to National Yiddish Book Center
This past weekend I finished Aaron Lansky’s book Outwitting History. I found his prose that related the details of his twenty- year project to rescue Yiddish books a compelling tale. I was so taken with all that Lansky accomplished, rescuing 1.5 million books- when early estimates predicted he wouldn’t find more than 70,000 titles- that […]
Records Management Literature: the language of collaboration
Literature Review The central issue related to records management in the corporate setting is often that neither the company owner nor the employees can agree on what records must be saved, which items can be shredded and in what order when a company faces the prospect of being dissolved. Furthermore, collaborating and receiving buy-in from […]
Research guide for Women’s History
If you’re looking for sources for a women’s history research guide for college or graduate students take a look: 19th Century American Woman’s Suffrage Research Guide Archival and Primary Sources Beecher Family Papers. Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. South Hadley, MA. Online finding aid • This archival collection offers users an excellent starting […]
Can I come back??? Archival Outreach through the reference interview
Recently, I had the opportunity to observe reference interactions at a local college’s archives and special collections. Unfortunately, for archivists in training such as myself or for new practitioners there is scant professional literature that analyzes the reference interview in an archival setting. During my observation, I encountered a college student who approached the reference […]
“Earth is getting awfully big in the window!”
Tom Hanks said it best in Apollo 13 the “Earth is getting awfully big in the window!” Of course, he was referring to space travel between the Earth and moon, and I’m thinking about transitioning from being a full time Library school student to being a full time Library practitioner. But there are certain similarities… […]
NEDCC Visit
Today I took a tour of the Northeast Document Conservation Center given by my Preservation Management Prof. Donia Conn. The Center is located in Andover, MA and is one of a select number of such facilities in the US. If you have reference questions they have a 24/7- 365 days a year hot-line that can […]