Archivist. Casual musician. Lover of languages and things created with them (mostly books). Distilling yourself into 160 characters is bizarre. she/her/hers

Joined March 2017
Observations from the Boston Book Fair: lots of people whisper to themselves when reading signs
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A dog will make everyone's day
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It is dangerous to be in charge of a bowl of chocolate
Quality typo: "long rage planning" for "long range planning" 🤪
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You (should) know you wear too much scent when your entire archive is imbued with it 😑
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The BC High School class of 1911 had 70 students, 14 of whom were named John and 8 named Thomas.
Found this little cutie in my desk drawer! New personal mascot 🦙
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Exciting personal news: I had my first day as a Processing Archivist at Boston College today! Super excited to be back on the east coast, and looking forward to new adventures.
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Elizabeth Peters retweeted
When our clay soil is just the right level of moisture, it captures emu footprints in intense detail, down to the last scale. 100% dinosaurs!
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This isn't ominous at all... #archives
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There is an entire section in this Marketing/Communications slide binder from 1992 labelled "Ducks & Squirrels"
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More fun folder titles: "Students having fun(?)"
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Elizabeth Peters retweeted
Good morning from BB-8 and too many tiny emus! You can hear him hissing and growling, the babies hiding behind him because the dogs were with me as I was doing morning chores. Any dog could be a dingo and is not to be trusted (if you're a new emu dad, anyway).
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For everyone wondering how the broody male emu is doing, he had quite an extreme surprise for us this morning!
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We have updated our processing manual! After a staff-wide education campaign, we have added guidelines for culturally competent description (CCD) and incorporated CCD principles throughout our processing manual. docs.rockarch.org/ccd-educat… 1/5
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Elizabeth Peters retweeted
Now available: Guide to Conscious Editing at @WilsonLibUNC. The guide compiles practices that staff have refined as they edit and create new archival finding aids.
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