Day 1 is done, and while I only had one event today it was a great one. Emory hosted a series of lightening talks and open discussion that focused on black archives and archival collections in the Atlanta area. Specifically, the discussion focused on how these organizations were collaborating with various communities, providing access to […]
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Law and Archives Workshop – July 8, 2016
Here’s my materials for the Society of Georgia Archivist workshop I led on the topic of law and archives. Slides Handouts handout 6 handout5 handout4 handout3 handout2 Handout1 handout 7 Case Studies Take the Records and Run (A Law Case Study) More Stuff, More Problems (An Appraisal and Acquisition Case Study) Grey Haired Area (A […]
What really is a record and What are we preserving: Viewing Nitrate Films
What really is a record? I don’t plan on answering that, but it’s a good thought for Monday especially after watching this Vice Daily on the Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum. The museum is one of the places that has a theater capable of still showing original nitrate prints. Some of the interviewees […]
STOP USING THE TERM WEB 2.0
That’s it I’ve had it. Let’s kill the term Web 2.0. It’s dated and completely misrepresents what’s really happening online today. To be perfectly honest, it makes us in the information profession look way bad because we insist on using this term or even the 2.0 terminology. Origins of the Term I get that it’s still […]
May the 4 be with you
In remembrance of those who’ve gone before us.
Review – Ratchet and Clank (2016)
Overview The new PS 4 exclusive Ratchet & Clank is sort of reboot/re-imagining of the classic Playstation Ratchet & Clank games. This 2016 take on the series starts back at the series beginnings, but still includes the hallmark guns that this series has been known for since its first appearance on the PS2 over a decade […]
Exam Season
I have a history of using meme’s to announce exam period is beginning. I confess to using bleak cultural reference to do this because it makes me giggle. Hopefully a bit of humor breaks up the test taking stress. I know I always appreciated it as a student. Here’s to finals season. May the odds be […]
Freud, Derrida and Electronic Records – Beginnings
For some reason, hubris, scholarly ambition or possibly madness, I’ve begun an extremely slow and careful reading of Archive Fever by Derrida. Often times postmodern issues, this work in particular, crop up in classes, research and impolite conversation, and I felt that it was needed to really give it a careful reading and test my […]
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To Know the World – Thinking about Archival Appraisal
To know the world, one has to penetrate it as deeply as possible. I recently came across this quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski in a Vice article. I was completely unfamiliar with Kapuscinski either the journalist or the author before stumbling into this bit of text in a, but this quote really got me thinking about the course on […]