Because relationships aren’t just for EAC…
More valentines for archivists
More valentines for archivists
This cute cartoon animal asks: Do you like me? And you can answer: yes, no, or (every archivist’s favorite) it depends
“Say OAI-yes!” Love is complicated, so there’s a diagram that’s somehow even more so.
“Whatever future historians say, I know we’re more than friends.” That’s what these two historical dudes are saying while one sits in the other’s lap.
Photo credits:
Still trying to come up with a brilliant archives-themed Halloween costume? Use this handy generator! Also available as a PDF.
Halloween Costume Generator for Archivists (download PDF for readable text)
10 different cards to choose from in this PDF! Here’s a sneak preview:
“If you were successful in the archives, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great archivist somewhere in your research process. Somebody recognized the value of the materials and made sure they ended up in an archives. Somebody invested in preserving them and organizing them and making them available to researchers. Somebody helped orient you to the archives and brought out materials for you to look at. If you found a document that no one knew was there—you didn’t discover that. Somebody else made that happen.”
THANKS OBAMA for the inspiration!
I know how patiently
You’ve waited
Here, have some comics
(Animated!)
–DnD
Where it came from
Where it’s been
So many blanks
That this fills in
Provenance
The contents of
Your grandma’s attic
When we toss
We’re systematic
Appraisal
Like road signs
At at intersection
We’ll give your research
Some direction
Finding aids
Want to make your own Burma-Shave-style signs? Download the original image, or use my blank sign!
Archivists, man. They sure get mad when you call their workplaces dusty. Maybe we could channel our collective frustration into a musical number?
Get Dusty (music from Get Lucky [lyrics, video])
So you say you’re a journalist
What story are you spinning?
What cliche are you bringing
To your article’s beginning?
You’ve come so far, to report who we are
So let’s raise the bar, let archives be the stars!
We keep things safe from the sun
We live for preservation
We think that history’s fun
Just please don’t say we get dusty
Sometimes we deaccession
White gloves are so overdone
And yes, we love cardigans
Just please don’t say we get dusty
Just please don’t say we get dusty…
We cataloged these boxes
Spent hours on description
So when you find something
You’re not discovering it
You’ve come so far, to report who we are
So let’s raise the bar, let archives be the stars!
We keep things safe from the sun
We live for preservation
We think that history’s fun
Just please don’t say we get dusty
Sometimes we deaccession
White gloves are so overdone
And yes, we love cardigans
Just please don’t say we get dusty
Just please don’t say we get dusty…
If you’ll be in the New York area on Friday, please join us for a Deranger meetup! (You can RSVP at the link even if you don’t have a Twitter account.) Many thanks to Rachel for helping to organize!
Here’s an image Lance and I made for his SAA presentation on Friday. Be sure to check it out at the Preservation Section meeting!
Hooray for comics! I have heard rumors of comics appearing in various SAA presentations–thanks for the visual shout-out, y’all, and don’t forget to cite!
A million points to anyone who prints and hangs one of these in the conference hotel.
If you are worried about meeting new people at SAA, why not add this badge to your nametag, and let the archivists with excellent taste in webcomics find you?
Hooray for SAA! I hope to see you at the SAA Tweetup and the session I’m presenting at.
Derangement and Description 