“Back to the Stacks” as sung to the tune of “Back to the Shack,” by Weezer Sorry guys I didn’t realize you researched so much I thought I’d get new the audit done, I forget that admin sucks I ended up staring at spreadsheets feeling numb Maybe I should staff the desk and get some…
While reading author Lev Grossman’s 2004 book Codex I came across a brilliant scene where the protagonist Edward Wozny, a “hotshot young banker” bizarrely drafted to catalog a client’s un-described, crated library, makes a number of common first time researcher mistakes. Before processing the books Wozney’s employers warned him to watch for a particular book…
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As some readers of this blog may know, there’s been a debate over the past few years about what to do with a large collection of archival material held by the American Sociological Association. Specifically at issue are the editorial records of the ASA journals (ASR,…
Every so often I escape the bubble of my life and am reminded that my experiences and interests, both personally and professionally, may not be understood by those around me. The latest occurrence was the last Saturday before the 2013 Academy of Certified Archivists test as I returned a University of Maryland Libraries book, Kate…
Such a bold, first step into the voluntary blogging world! Once, during a The HistoryMakers meeting, a board member asked about our fellowship-mandated blog’s visibility. My peers grew cautiously silent, surrendering precious moments in order to prepare a sugarcoated response. Seizing the moment, I looked him straight in the eye and shrugged–“The Internet is littered…
Counterfactual Archivist 