Becky Briggs Becker (she/her)
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that at some point in my department's history, the archivists HANDWROTE COLLECTION INVENTORY LISTS ON LEGAL NOTEPADS. π #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
I don't remember any of my classes from MIS grad school > 10 years ago addressing how to be a manager - maybe I didn't take the class? Apparently it means being in meetings and running meetings. And joining committees, even chairing some of them. It's more stepping back and thinking more rather than doing all the things. It's enjoyable but also unexpected! A lot of my classes addressed being the "boots on the ground" rather than the Middle Manager of Justice. #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
*opens up another box expecting audiocassettes -- and finds a couple!*
*finds other AV stuff, some files, some artifacts like tiny shovels*
*also finds... cancelled checks in a really old deteriorating box*
π© #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
*finds other AV stuff, some files, some artifacts like tiny shovels*
*also finds... cancelled checks in a really old deteriorating box*
π© #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
*opens up a box expecting audiocassettes*
*finds donation cards... and theses and dissertations*
*thesis on top of pile happens to be one that we thought we only had one copy in the entire library*
What on earth!? #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
*finds donation cards... and theses and dissertations*
*thesis on top of pile happens to be one that we thought we only had one copy in the entire library*
What on earth!? #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems
ADHD Brain is Weird: Went down a rabbit hole about redacting SSNs out of student directories (!!!) & what methods/tools to do this. Almost forgot to eat lunch for the second straight day in a row. #thatarchiveslife #archivesproblems #archives
BibGezwitscher
JenniferThe word βmiscellaneousβ appears 53 times (so far) in this spreadsheet. Thatβs at least 52 too many. #bangsheadondesk #archivesproblems