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30 September 2016

Archives Month – It’s Time to Celebrate!

Archives Month – It’s Time to Celebrate!

Tomorrow starts one of my favorite months – American Archives Month! After all, I spend a lot of time in archives and so value them!

And, to be honest, I always love the plethora of neat posters created by archives in celebration! A delightful smorgasbord for the eyes! See a few of them at the end of this post.

Share a link to the poster for your state via blog, FB or emailed comment! I’ll include images from the posters that you let me know about!

Some events which occur annually during this month are …

1. Ask An Archivist Day … The Society of American Archivists is sponsoring an #AskAnArchivist Day on October 5th to kick off Archives Month. Ask An Archivist Day is an opportunity to respond to questions from the public tweeted with the hashtag #AskAnArchivist. This is an opportunity for your state archives to engage with your public via your Twitter accounts.

2. Electronic Records Day … CoSA is sponsoring Electronic Records Day 2016. The purpose of Electronic Records Day is to raise community awareness of our digital records, and of the need to manage and preserve them.

What will you be doing to celebrate American Archives Month?

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13 October 2015

Archives Month -- I hope you've been celebrating!

For me, Archives Month is something I actually celebrate every day I visit an archive. They are the most wonderful places as repositories of our heritage.

It is a month when archives across the US celebrate their existence, their mission, and their collections. Also, the most wonderful posters get created.

Here is my annual sampling of the posters for 2015! Check them out and be sure to see “how” your archive is celebrating.

P.S. Just checking out all the posters is a lot of fun. A reminder of how each archive is unique and share a common mission.

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30 October 2014

TODAY is Ask An Archivist Day!

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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27 October 2014

A visual journey of Archives Month 2014 posters!

For me, Archives Month is something I actually celebrate every day I visit an archive. They are the most wonderful places as repositories of our heritage.

It is a month when archives across the US celebrate their existence, their mission, and their collections. Also, the most wonderful posters get created.

Here is my annual sampling of the posters for 2014! Check them out and be sure to see “how” your archive is celebrating.

I know that here in Raleigh, tomorrow, October 25^th, there will be a FREE Family History Fair.

Check out this Flickr album of posters!

Feel free to tell us about any local events you have or plan to attend.

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21 October 2013

Posters Speak a Thousand Words -- October is American Archives Month!

What better way to celebrate American Archives Month than through the posters created by the various state archives.

Is there a poster for your local, regional or state archive that we haven't included? Send us a link or image and we'll do another round!

BTW, for those genealogists who live outside the U.S. Is there a day, week or month set aside to celebrate your local archives? If so, please let us know for which country and when!

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