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The bronze statue of Samuel de Champlain atop Plattsburgh, New York's Champlain Monument overlooks the lake that bears the explorer...

In late February, I moved my parents from their condominium in northeastern Ohio to a retirement community in Troy, New York. The experience...

I usually don't post non-electronic records jobs, but this one's kind of special: the New York State Education Department's Offi...

In 2011, Kate Theimer , who comes up with more good ideas in a single week than I typically manage in an entire year, started the Spontane...

Kate T. over at ArchivesNext is a font of amazing ideas that would never in a million years cross my mind. A few days ago, she asked her F...

There are lots of reasons to become an archivist: a passion for ensuring that the past is adequately documented, a desire to help people fi...

The view from a rest stop, Interstate 10, south of Phoenix, Arizona, 1 October 2010. This is the second of two posts relating to the Policy ...

The American Southwest, as seen from Continental Airlines Flight 362, 28 September 2010, 4:44 PM Mountain Standard Time. Sorry for the spars...

Here's an interesting tidbit: information technology research and consulting firm Gartner predicts that evolving business needs will c...

Ask yourself these questions: Are you "dynamic, creative, and user-oriented"? Are you interested in electronic records and records...

Last week, David Ferriero, the new Archivist of the United States, delivered his first State of the Archives address. I was particularly ch...

It's really rare that archival job postings get much attention outside of the archival community, but the University of California-Santa...

After decades of research, retired Amsterdam municipal archivist Bas Dudok van Heel has conclusively identified the 18 men depicted in Remb...

Wondering what we archivists do on the job? Need to explain your job to friends and relatives? This clip may help. This video was put toget...

Yesterday, the New York Times posted an article about "digital archivists" that has captured a lot of attention -- it quickly be...

The Democracy Now Web site has just posted audio, video, and text versions of host Amy Goodman's 2004 interview with U. Utah Phillips ,...

I attended the New York Library Association conference on November 7 because a couple of colleagues and I did a morning session on preservi...