Archival Issues
As I talked about in my letter to the Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, and the Secretary of Education, Dietra Trent, the Library of Virginia has been forced to make massive and devastating budget cuts, which account for 12% of their total staff being laid off. The other shoe has
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Below is a letter that I wrote to Governor Terry McAuliffe and Secretary of Education Dietra Trent about the proposed layoffs at the Library of Virginia. 26 state employees have to be laid off state-wide, and out of that number 15 are currently proposed to come from the Library of
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Historical Highlights #007 - Oct 5, 2015 […] I never would have thought of this: Prospect Research as an Alternative Career for Archivists and Librarians […]
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For reasons that are boring to get into, I decided that I needed to leave the Library of Virginia a couple months ago and move into a new position that is not in an archival repository. I loved my time at LVA, and it saddened (and continues to sadden) me
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During the MARAC plenary today, Kathleen Roe of the New York State Archives gave a rousing call for more advocacy by archivists for their profession to those external stakeholders who don't necessarily know what we do but upon whom we rely for funding. It was an inspiring speech
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-From the Sunlight Foundation's post "Open data is the next iteration of public records." Government transparency is a good thing, and so I am happy to see the proliferation of open government data repositories, like data.gov and its equivalents at the state level. One worry,
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Since being hired by the Library of Virginia just over a year ago, a part of my job has been to process emails from the administration of Governor Tim Kaine, who was Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010. And last week, the first fruits of our labors were realized,
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Everyone's favorite Friday NPR show, Science Friday, came across a topic that hits near and dear to my heart: digital preservation! This past week they talked about a new method of long term preservation, which entails encoding the data onto DNA. Obviously, the practical use of this technology
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I hope to see anyone and everyone at MARAC next weekend! I'll try to post some updates like I did last year, even if I am able to tweet this year.
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This time, on the link roundup, there are disappearing documents, distributed digital archives projects, inaccurate quilts, government records, and more!
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Hi all! I am going to start posting a roundup of interesting archives/library/information science related links. Hopefully this will be at least weekly. Today's installment includes Henry Rollins, sexy archivists, QR codes, a concerto, and more!
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As some of you may be aware, I am a bit of a soccer nut. I'm a fan of DC United and the Men's and Women's United States National Teams. Last summer, I created a new twitter account for my soccer ramblings, just so