On October 30, archivists around the country will take to Twitter to answer your questions about any and all things archives! This day-long event, sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, will give you the opportunity to connect directly with archivists in your community—and around the country—to ask questions, get information, or just satisfy your curiosity.
CLICK TO TWEET: #AskAnArchivist Day is Oct 30:
Archivists nationwide answer questions about historical materials. Ask them
anything! http://bit.ly/1zkBCNB
As professional experts who do the exciting work of protecting and sharing important historical materials, archivists have many stories to share about the work they do every day in preserving fascinating documents, photographs, audio and visual materials, and artifacts. Increasingly, archival work extends beyond the physical and includes digital materials. #AskAnArchivist Day will give you a chance to connect with archivists who are tackling the challenges of preserving our digital heritage for the future.
What questions
can be asked?
Archivists
participating in #AskAnArchivist are eager to respond to any and all questions
you have about archives and archival work.
No question is
too silly...
- What’s the craziest thing
you’ve come across in your collections?
- If your archives had a
soundtrack, what songs would be on it?
- What do archivists talk about
around the water cooler?
...and no
question is too practical!
- What should I do to be sure
that my e-mails won’t get lost?
- I’ve got scads of digital
images on my phone. How should I store them so I can access them later on?
- How do you decide which items
to keep and which to weed out from a collection?
- As a teacher, how can I get my
students more interested in using archives for projects?
How does it
work?
#AskAnArchivist is
open to everyone—all you need is a Twitter account! To participate,
just tweet a question and include the hashtag #AskAnArchivist in your tweet. Your
question will be seen instantly by archivists around the country who are
standing by to respond directly to you.
Have a question for a specific archives or archivist? Include their Twitter handle with your question. They may not know every answer right away, but they will get back to you after they’ve had the chance to do some digging.
Don’t have a
question right away? Search Twitter for #AskAnArchivist and follow along as
questions and answers are shared!
So get ready!
Archivists from
universities, museums, historical societies, churches, businesses, local and
state governments, and other organizations are taking to Twitter to answer your
questions all day long on October 30 at #AskAnArchivist.
The Society of
American Archivists is a professional organization that represents one of
today’s most exciting professions. Archivists have the expertise to protect and
share important historical material and to save today’s vital records for our
future needs.
Editor’s Note: On the SAA page for this event you will see a list of Who’s
Participating along the right-hand column and there is a more complete list on Twitter.
Editor’s Note: Above PR published on
BusinessWire.
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