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I left my heart in Western Massachusetts
And next month, I will return to become a librarian for social sciences & emerging technology at Hampshire College. I am so excited to return to my 5 College roots and to work in a library that is entirely focused on undergraduate learning. I will miss some of my colleagues at Yale something fierce, but…
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Preservation Win
I had to give an internetz shout out to the folks in the Yale University Library Preservation Department. A few months ago, some encased photographs came with an accession to a collection we are working on. After I appraised them, I quickly realized that these treasures were in need of re-housing. And this is the result: custom…
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Showing, Not Telling
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LT
I had a meeting about how to best answer reference questions about our architecture collections with some of the other reference archivists this afternoon. Our amazing (and departing colleague) created finding aids that meet the complex demands of the materials she curates with sensible elegance. She is one of the finest people I’ve ever worked with…
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Milestone.
Internetz, today I gave my first professional presentation at the New England Library Instruction Group. I was nervous, but excited as I LOVE talking about teaching and how archivists/librarians can engage undergraduates in a variety of disciplines. My talk went really well! No one flayed me on Twitter and the folks in the room asked…