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Author Archives: Kate Theimer
Debate: “Although digitization is useful for accessibility, detailed online item-level cataloguing is even more so”
I remember seeing that tweet from the “‘Democratising or Privileging: the Future of Access to Archives“ conference at University of Dundee last week and thinking that many in the U.S. might find it a controversial statement. I was reminded of it this … Continue reading
Get ready to give or receive: Campaign for Spontaneous Scholarships 2013 will start in June
This is just a quick note to let you know that I am planning on following up on the success of the last two year’s successful Spontaneous Scholarships campaigns again this year. The Scholarships will help people pay for the cost of … Continue reading
Participatory Archives: Something Old, Something New
Or, “I finally write up a presentation I gave last spring, now with a shiny new definition.” File this one under “better late than never.” I have finally taken the slides for the keynote presentation I gave at the Midwest Archives Conference … Continue reading
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How you can help rev up SAA’s metabolism
On Sunday I was very fortunate to be part of a panel at a Computers in Libraries workshop on change. I’ll be incorporating some of the wisdom of the other speakers into future blog posts, but today I want to … Continue reading
Archives who have implemented linked data?
On Twitter I asked for suggestions of archives who have implemented linked data (or perhaps I should say linked open data?). I got a few responses from people who were beginning to implement or starting projects, but not much else. … Continue reading
A question for archivists with experience in the pre-Internet era
In a related, but different question that the one posed to researchers in the previous post, I would like the input of archivists with experience in the pre-Internet era. In the post targeted at researchers, I said: … my hypothesis … Continue reading
Can’t decide who to vote for in SAA elections? Maybe reading these interviews will help
Today voting opens in the elections for SAA offices. If you’d like more information about the candidates, many of them participated in interviews on the SAA Students and New Archives Professionals Roundtable’s blog (links below). You should also review the … Continue reading
More specifics to get you thinking about submitting a proposal for a case study on description
The deadline is creeping up soon to submit a case study proposal for the two books I’m editing for Scarecrow about innovative practices in archives and special collections–the book on management and the one on description (note these are two … Continue reading