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Unwrapping the Archives

The Texas Record

When most people think of archives, the first thing that comes to mind is Indiana Jones swinging on vines and storing artifacts in giant rooms. While that is an interesting popular image, the archives and archivists here at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are the protectors of documented history.

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San Jose State University Master of Archives and Records Administation (MARA) Open Houses Announced

IG Guru

Upcoming Online Open House Sessions: Master of Archives and Records Administration If you’re unable to attend an open house session, you can watch a recorded presentation at your convenience.

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RIM education chat this Friday

The Schedule

The RMS steering committee spent a good portion of last year investigating various RIM educational opportunities. You can view our findings here. Now we’d like to have a conversation with our community to find out what topics and levels of depth are needed to support you in your work and your professional development.

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Archive-It Partner News, August 2023

Archive-It

Summer Roundup The Archive-It team, along with other Archiving and Data Services team members, have had a busy few months. 2023 Archive-It Partner Meeting recap – About 30 Archive-It partners and friends gathered at the D.C Check out our event recaps to see what we’ve been up to. We’re Hiring! Our team is growing!

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The future of RIM education

The Schedule

We had a great conversation with folks last week about what has worked for them and what they need in the field of records and information management education. One suggestion was to have a Toastmasters sort of group that could get together to workshop training/workshops you plan to present to constituents.

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A Record Center is Not an Archives: Some thoughts from an interview

The Schedule

A recent assignment for one of her classes was to interview a practicing Archivist and/or Records Manager about the “qualified practices” of the profession and write up a paper/presentation/something else summarizing and analyzing it. What made you want to switch from archives to records management? As it happens, she did!

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Archive-It Partner News, May 2022

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. Internet Archive Canada will host an in-person web and digital archiving meetup on June 14th at its new headquarters in Vancouver, BC. Archive-It partners, Community Webs members, and digital archivists of all kinds are welcome to join! Archival Research Computing Hub (ARCH) Research Paper.