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Rebecca

@DerangeDescribe

archivist on hiatus (she/her)

 Vancouver, WA
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Joined July 2009
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TFW you let your essay-yay membership lapse because you're too embarrassed to call and ask for the unemployed rate again.
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I'm okay but feeling adrift now that I've been out almost 2 years.
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Holiday cards for archivists derangementanddescription.wo…
Holiday cards for archivists

Holiday cards for archivists

Yay, holiday cards! Please share them with your favorite archivists (and even your not-so-favorite archivists, ’tis the season for that sort of thing). Photo credit: Book of Hours, f.58v, (18…

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At the front of the reading room the tweed-clad academic assures the librarian that he is willing to wear cotton gloves in order to protect the material he will be handling but his uncovered face and repeated coughs shows he is unwilling to do much to protect the librarian.
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An underappreciated favorite of mine
Rebecca (@DerangeDescribe) profile pictureRebecca@DerangeDescribe14 Aug 2018
Archives Queer Eye: Bobby: I put all your stuff in blue and gray boxes Tan: Spacers give your folders a nice shape Jonathan: Literally just take off those gloves, you don't need them for paper Karamo: How are your EAC relationships? Antoni: Let's make a simple DIP
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I know those feels well. Joy, but a little sadness too. #AskAnArchivist
cover of the children's book All my friends are dead., by Avery Monsen and Jory John. Yellow cover with a sad-looking green brontosaurus.

ALT cover of the children's book All my friends are dead., by Avery Monsen and Jory John. Yellow cover with a sad-looking green brontosaurus.

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Hi #LISMentalHealth! My last job absolutely wrecked my mental health and I've been unemployed for a year+ after moving across the country. Still figuring out what's next for me.
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In case it wasn't clear from that last tweet--I'm actually doing well! I don't know what's next for my career but everything else in my life is so much better since the move.
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I hate making phone calls but I live in #WA03 now and just made a bunch for MGP's campaign.
Can confirm Kate is worth a follow.
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What if all those PhDs stop just defending and actually start attacking?!?
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Can we have a Journal for Halfway Done, Abandoned Papers? In the abstract, you explain why you quit working on it.
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Welcome to the club no one want to be in. This is a space for gallery, library, archives, and museum workers and past workers to celebrate our pasts, mourn our losses, and commiserate. Check out our website for more: deaddreamsclub.com
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If anyone got a l1nked1n update from me I have no news, just realized my profile said I was still at the place I left in 2017.
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She’s a 10 but nobody knows if that’s linear or cubic.
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Hi all, I'm interested in hearing from or about archivists who transitioned to other rewarding careers with good work-life balance. Do RT, and thanks.
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I don't dream about archives much anymore but last night there was a giant lobster loose in the stacks.
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I think most of #archives Twitter knows the thread I’m referencing but the question of what it costs to digitize something like a scrapbook has responses with major Lucile Bluth energy
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This is so much better than what I did. Thank you @nempnetwork!
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No pressure @SNAP_Section but if you ever want to do something similar I preemptively volunteer my time to support.
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