Archives

By Kelli on April 24, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Navigating a Non-Archival MLIS Program

At 21 years old and about to graduate, I was afraid to move. Not only had I lived and attended university in the same area I grew up in, but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to support myself financially. So, I found myself again at the University of Washington (UW), this time in a library program that did not have an archives focus. Yet I wanted to become an archivist and the two or three archives-focused classes offered was off-putting. I was afraid I wouldn’t gain the skills that would make me a competitive applicant once I graduate.

By Sheila on October 15, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Tribal Collections [Series]: The Indigenous Digital Archive

(Image from the Indigenous Digital Archive: “The Pratt’s Quarters Carlisle Indian School housed 100,000 children between 1879 and 1918″) This series on tribal collections highlights three projects from across the libraries, archives, and museums space […]

By ayoolawhite on September 14, 2017 • ( 6 Comments )

Spaces

Over the past two months at my job, I have been processing the papers of Judy Chicago, a white Jewish feminist artist who is currently based in New Mexico. Prior […]

By Carissa Hansen on July 5, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Signing Off: Onward and Upward

I found Hack Library School when I was in the throes of deciding where I wanted to go to graduate school for library studies. I had applied and been accepted […]

By ayoolawhite on April 3, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

I Say Processing; You Say Cataloging: An Exploration of Archives in Libraries

As I am fast approaching the midpoint of my graduate program, I am realizing the importance of following my curiosities about the LIS field. One reason for this mindset is […]

By Carissa Hansen on March 14, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Your EAD Primer: Part 2

Author’s Note: This post is Part 2 of the EAD Primer written by Carissa Hansen in December 2016. The author will also present a poster on the topic of EAD […]

By aktunnicliff on February 14, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

ASpace: The Archival Frontier

ASpace: The Archival Frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship UIowa. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new information management systems, to seek out new tricks and new […]

By Carissa Hansen on January 19, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Archives, the academy, and the community

This article includes input from Carissa Hansen, Des Alaniz, and Samantha Abrams, three LIS-archives students interested in non-traditional archives settings and ways archivists can help make archives work more community-oriented. […]

By Carissa Hansen on December 12, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Your EAD Primer: Part 1

Author’s Note: Over the last few months, I’ve heard from several archives students that they’ve had trouble gaining experience with Encoded Archival Description (EAD) in their classes. Luckily, EAD is […]

By Carissa Hansen on November 1, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Digital, Digital, Digital: Content & Collections

Co-authored by HLS Contributing Writers, Carissa Hansen and Kendra Werst. This post is meant to serve as a primer for beginners interested in digital collections work. There are three sections: […]

By aktunnicliff on October 10, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Dirty Books: A Hypochondriac’s Guide to Archival Donations

“Oh, this smells. What if there’s mold? Am I going to get the black lung? And eew! Is that mouse poop?!”

By Des on September 7, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Changing Tides? Diversity and Inclusion in the Society of American Archivists

We live in interesting times to be an information professional. Among archives and allied professions (cultural heritage institutions, libraries), more professional organizations are recognizing the value of and urgent need […]

By Heather Milne Johnson on August 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

So What Do You Do? My Experience at JHU

This post is part of our series “So What Do You Do?” in which LIS students talk about their experiences as interns. We want to showcase the wide range of […]

By Heather Milne Johnson on July 19, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

How I Survived My First Semester

With my second semester fast approaching, I thought this would be a good time to review my first semester of library school. I work full-time and was taking two classes […]

By Jennifer Eltringham on June 30, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

An Internship Update

I got a lot of feedback that my last post on decision making was vague, which was completely intentional – things were tenuous! I didn’t know how everything was actually […]

By Jennifer Eltringham on October 8, 2015 • ( 4 Comments )

Archives for the People: Notes from a Visit to Archives+

My library experience so far has been a battle of two passions – I love archives, and I could see myself spending the rest of my life holed up in […]

By Samantha on August 25, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Getting to Know the Archival Profession From Within

My relationship with the Library of Congress starts in January, in Wisconsin, where I am beginning my second semester of library school. A beloved teacher of archival studies, who has […]

By Dylan Burns on April 9, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

The Anatomy of a Book-Part 2: Or How to Recognize Different Parts of a Book

Authors Note: This is part two in a multiple part series on the anatomy of the book. This part will talk about the parts of a book while the last […]

By amy on February 26, 2015 • ( 4 Comments )

Paper Knowledge and LIS research

Review of Paper Knowledge: A Media History of Documents by Lisa Gitelman (Duke University Press, 2014). A dense and fascinating book offering numerous access points for LIS student scholarship.

By Anna-Sophia Zingarelli-Sweet on September 16, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Archival Education: Outcomes and Opportunities [SAA 2014]

Editor’s Note: Anna-Sophia originally wrote this summary of Session 106, Archival Education: Outcomes and Opportunities, from the Society of American Archivists 2014 annual meeting, for the Students and New Archives Professionals Roundtable blog. It is re-posted here with kind permission of the SNAP blog editors. The session Archival Education: Outcomes […]

By hack library school collective on August 8, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

HLS Weekly Round Up

Editor’s Note: This new series features a weekly round-up of interesting articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits related to the world of library school. Enjoy! Becky Two links of note this week. First, the shockingly disturbing and speech-defying new cover for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. […]

By Lesley Looper on April 29, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

Memorable LIS Class Assignments

Over the course of our library school careers, we complete dozens of assignments, from reading articles for class discussion to completing research papers and group projects. Many assignments blend together as our library school experience prepares us to begin a variety of careers in library and information science. Some assignments […]

By Nicole H. on January 11, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

[Series] So What Do You Do? My Practicum Experience at a Small Academic Archive

This post is part of a new series called “So What Do You Do?” in which LIS students talk about their experiences as interns. We want to showcase the wide range of things people are doing in the world of library and information science. Tell us a bit about yourself. […]

By Brianna Marshall on April 16, 2012 • ( 15 Comments )

Special Collections Librarianship

Following in the footsteps of previous posts that focus on a specific field of librarianship (such as Annie’s post on art librarianship and Chris’s post on data curation) today I wanted to explore special collections librarianship. I’d like to work with digital projects for special collections or archives after graduating from Indiana […]

By Guest Author on August 9, 2011 • ( 33 Comments )

Why Archivists Go To Library School

Stephanie Bennett is entering her second year at Simmons GSLIS, where she will get her MS in Library Science and Archives Management in May 2012. She is formerly a corporate researcher; currently a summer archives intern at the Association of American Medical Colleges; and will be returning to part-time work as […]