Archive Journal focuses on the use and theory of archives and special collections in higher education.
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Check out our special issue on Digital Medieval Manuscript Cultures edited by Michael Hanrahan and @BridgetWhearty. Featuring work by ASG Edwards @Ajprescott @lornamhughes @Codicologist Julia Craig-McFeely @MichelleRWarren Bay Lauris ByrneSim @laurabrarian Elizabeth Robertson.
Just published! Virginia Anderson on private collections and teaching undergraduates: archivejournal.net/notes/the…
Hi folks! Archive Journal is taking a hiatus from Twitter from 9/1/2018-2/1/2019. While you may see intermittent posts from us during this time, we won't be actively monitoring our feed. Thanks for following us and we look forward to a refreshed take on the field next year!
Hi folks! Archive Journal is taking a hiatus from Twitter from 9/1/2018-2/1/2019. While you may see intermittent posts from us during this time, we won't be actively monitoring our feed. Thanks for following us and we look forward to a refreshed take on the field next year!
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We are now accepting applications for the 2018 Rare Book School scholarship and fellowship cycle! Many different scholarships available, plus the RBS-@RBMSinfo Diversity Fellowship and the Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography – rarebookschool.org/news/scho… (all due 1 Nov)
Read this thread to learn about MPLP and how archivists think about it & its ability to shape the profession:
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The hoax piece is going back on display – ‘officially’ this time – in our #IObject exhibition highlighting the history of dissent and protest around the world.
Listen to co-curator Ian Hislop talk about this piece today at 9.00 on @BBCRadio4: ow.ly/xvRt30lB8sK
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In 2005, #Banksy installed this ‘cave painting’ in one of our galleries without permission, and without anyone noticing. He gave it a fake ID number and label, and it remained on the wall for 3 days before the Museum was alerted to the prank via Banksy’s website!🤦♀️ #IObject
Don't take yourself too seriously, in other words
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Learn something new every day:
#SAAwords: sticky shed syndrome
n. ~ a form of degradation affecting magnetic tape, resulting from the deterioration of the binder and characterized by the deposit of a gummy residue on the tape heads during playback
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Vacation without aggravation. That's a nice way to put it. FYI:
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Archivists at Adelphi University in New York work to preserve Dowling College's history after its closing: ow.ly/s22F30lAwf4
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In ancient Mesopotamia, children who were to become scribes would practice writing by impressing repeated cuneiform characters on clay. This tablet (which we call the "first day of school" tablet) depicts the single vertical wedge repeated over and over across its surface.
Absolutely:
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Libraries must increasingly prepare themselves to answer questions such as this: "Are your collections ethically sourced and sustainably acquired?"
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Visited @DundeeHowff today. Established in the 1560s it contains an amazing collection of #tombstones, many of them commemorating local tradesmen.
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Check out this great digital archive of documents from colonial Cuba and the Spanish Atlantic world! The project (including translations) is a faculty/student collaboration -- a resource for history research _and_ a model for #teaching. Kudos to @ProfessorBall and her students!
I don't know that I (and other students) will ever be done working on this project. But I'm thrilled to say we are done(ish for now)! alaska.digication.com/cuba-i… #digitalhistory #undergraduateresearch #archives