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Wanted, Free Labor: The Impact and Ethics of Unpaid Work

The following is an expanded version of a presentation I gave in Session 105, “Pay It Forward: Interns, Volunteers, and the Development of New Archivists and the Archives Profession” at the 2011 Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting (slides embedded below and on SlideShare). My initial presentation was WAY longer than my allotted time, and [...]

SAA2011 Tweetup

Last year’s inaugural SAA Tweetup was a huge success, with Zoo Bar in D.C. taken over by archivists. Yes, I know that sounds awkward, but it was a blast! Mark Matienzo (@anarchivist) and Hillel Arnold (@helrond) have generously taken over the planning of the 2011 version. Here are the details, via Mark’s post:

We’re holding this year’s Tweetup [...]

Help Support an Archivist

Kate Theimer has a wonderful idea to start a scholarship fund to help fellow professionals by paying the registration fee for SAA’s annual conference. The conference can be such a great learning and networking experience for a new archivist. It can also be an expensive endeavor, especially for someone just starting out or is currently [...]

Hotel Sharing for SAA 2011

I tired to make a sweet spreadsheet for this year’s Hotel Sharing post, but I could not get the form to work for some reason. So we are going low tech again.

If you are looking to split a hotel room with someone for the 2011 SAA Conference in awesome Chicago, please use the comment section [...]