From History Day to digital archiving
Plus a new website and a post about why librarians shouldn't be "everything"
Hello all!
Thanks to all the new subscribers. This past week has been a bit busy with my presentation at the iSchool symposium and History Day judging (which is why I added the video at the beginning of this post) this past weekend. Even so, I still came up with a wonderful new professional website, with pages on my writings, e-book(s), and presentations. It was inspired by the website of fellow archivist and consultant Margot Note. Additionally, I wrote a post about why librarians shouldn’t be “everything” to the communities they serve.
There were some wonderful articles I found this week, which all of you might be interested in, like…
An interview with Elizabeth Engel of the State Historical Society of Missouri about digital archiving
A white paper of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) urging the creation of “an all-encompassing database of the millions of stuffed, dried, and otherwise preserved plants, animals, and fossils in museums and other collections”
Article by curators about how medieval manuscripts were created
A new report highlights how the role of law librarians is changing
Elisa Shoenberger writes about what decolonizing a museum really means
Al Luckow argues that there is a fundamental difference between record management and document management
GAO says that the “cloud” saved federal agencies billions but that the data is still incomplete…yikes!
Joseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project writes about primary sources and history of formerly enslaved peoples
Margot Note outlines a critical path for archival projects
Kalev Leetaru, writes in Forbes, of all places, argues that web archives need to more effectively engage with researchers
- Burkely