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Social Media Savvy?

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the different facets of my “online persona.”  It started in mid-December when some of my colleagues and I listened to a webinar on the legal considerations companies face when their employees use social networking tools.  The webinar gave basic advice about how companies need to have a policy [...]

Change and Continuity: A Conference for Students and Beginning Professionals

The student chapter of the Society of American Archivists at Indiana University, Bloomington is hosting a conference “Change and Continuity: A Conference for Students and Beginning Professionals on Archives, Rare Books, and Special Collections” on Saturday, March 6, 2010. We think a conference aimed at students and new archivists is a pretty awesome idea and [...]

Crash Space for Archivists

Rebecca Goldman of the archives webcomic Derangement and Description began Crash Space for Archivists (CSFA) as a way for people in the profession to find free places to stay (or crash, as the kids say) while traveling for conferences and such. Her inspiration came from a post at Beaver Archivist, which itself was inspired by [...]

Looking for a Job-Hunting Contributor

We here at NewArchivist Headquarters are interested in beginning a series of posts focusing on a job search as it happens. We are all familiar with the drama associated with a job search and think it would be quite valuable for readers to get updates on the sometimes exciting, sometimes frustrating job hunting process. This [...]