by KimBoo York | Aug 10, 2012 | Project Management, Information Science
I am trying to write a paper about project management in archives processing, and I’m finding it hard. To me, much of this “advice” I’m giving is common sense, simply looking at a problem and breaking it into workable parts efficiently and effectively. I have to...
by KimBoo York | Jul 27, 2012 | Information Science, Gradschool Follies
There is a joke among librarians that goes something along the lines of, “I’m a librarian because I love books.” Cue response: HAHAHAHAHAAAAHA! It’s not very funny unless you went to library school (aka, “library and information...
by KimBoo York | Jul 19, 2012 | From the archives, Information Science
One aspect that I feel is overlooked by scholars is the fact that archivists have a very profound perspective of the collections they manage. The archivist should be the first stop in understanding a collection, not the last stop after the finding aid. However most...
by KimBoo York | Jul 16, 2012 | Information Science, Accessbility
I just got back from co-presenting at the national 2012 AHEAD Conference in New Orleans. While I am not a member of AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) I am associated with it through my work at FSU’s Student Disability Resource Center’s...
by KimBoo York | Jul 5, 2012 | Information Science, History of Text Technology
Two completely separate blog posts recently drove home the question of defining a text’s format. Is it a book? A document? A source file? Together they reveal the shifting nature of the definitions we use when we talk about publishing…or writing, or website...
by KimBoo York | Jun 26, 2012 | Information Science, From the archives
It can become routine, working in archives. We deal with unique treasures every day, and it is nearly impossible to maintain a sense of wonder about the items in a collection when you are constantly exposed to them. Yesterday that all came crashing down for me. The...
