Category Archives: Archives

NARA Security & Oversight

For those who need a little light reading mid-semester, there are two new GAO reports on National Archives operations: 1)       The first reviews NARA information security and controls on their networks and systems; 2)      The second covers NARA’s general oversight and … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Resources | Leave a comment

NYU Preservation Survey

At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I wanted to cross-post a blog entry from The Back Table (NYU’s archives & special collections blog) – A Survey in the Making: Archives and Preservation. The blog post presents an overview of an … Continue reading

Posted in Archives | 2 Comments

Henry Knox Collection, Gilder Lehrman Archives, Volunteer

Dear Dr. Peter Wosh, > > My name is Jennifer Allen. I am the Manuscript Librarian with the > Gilder Lehrman Collection, an archive that focuses on American > History. I understand that we have had students from your New … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Internships | Leave a comment

October Archivists Round Table Meeting

Academy of Certified Archivists Panel Discussion Monday, October 18, 2010 The Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York invites members to attend a panel discussion on the role of Academy of Certified Archivists accreditation in today’s professional climate. Please join ART … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, NYC Events | Leave a comment

History Detectives Archivist Job

From: Roody Dorsainvil [mailto:Roody.Dorsainvil@liontv.us] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:20 AM To: alicia.kubes@nyu.edu Subject: History Detectives Archivist Job Posting With an assistant, the Series Archivist is responsible for doing all visual research, acquiring and cataloguing material (still images and moving … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Jobs | Leave a comment

Recap of last Friday’s APH brown bag: Archives*Records

I very much enjoyed hearing everyone’s stories and perspectives on Archives*Records / DC 2010 at the APH brown bag lunch discussion last Friday (see announcement here). I was left with that uplifted, excited-for-the-future feeling that I get when I attend … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Conferences, Society of American Archivists, Students | 1 Comment

Upcoming Archives Events

Dear Prof Wosh I am attaching 2 notices of events that are taking place in October. 1. http://www.nycarchivists.org/?p=342 Archives Week, October 10-16, 2010 The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc., along with hundreds of organizations in the archives … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Students | Leave a comment

Fwd: New York Archives Week

Cite this article

Posted in Archives, NYC Events | Leave a comment

Archivist Round Table Awards Ceremony

THE ARCHIVISTS ROUND TABLE OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AWARDS CEREMONY 2010 Wednesday, October 20th Faculty House Columbia University 64 Morningside Drive 6 pm: Reception 7 pm: Presentation of Awards ~ The Archivists Round Table is pleased to present the following … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Awards | Leave a comment

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Job

Job Position in NYC Public History Organization: Executive Director Assistant, The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Part-time: 8-10 hours a week, $20 an hour Ideal for Public History/History Graduate Student Email interest and resume to: jhouck@alba-valb.org Jeanne Houck, ALBA Executive Director … Continue reading

Posted in Archives | Leave a comment

Tech Trends & Archives Management

Came across 3 short pieces that deal with different aspects of managing electronic records.  They’re more focused on the tech issues, but with the changing nature of documents, there are some implications for archives manangement in the 21st century and beyond — … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Technology | 1 Comment

Reflection on Archives*Records / DC 2010, October 1

NYU Archives and Public History Program 1st Friday brown bag lunch series Reflection on Archives*Records / DC 2010 Friday October 1, 12:00-2:00pm King Juan Carlos Center 53 Washington Square South Room 607 The Archives and Public History brown bag lunch … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Society of American Archivists, Students | 1 Comment

Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo Archives

Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo Archives Internship Opportunity The Library at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is offering an internship opportunity to interested candidates. The selected candidate will continue the ongoing creation of a preliminary inventory of the WCS Archives. The … Continue reading

Posted in Archives | Leave a comment

Fwd: Governors’ Records Bill

Cite this article

Posted in Archives, Resources | Leave a comment

Grad Student Position: Condition Survey Assistant

Graduate Student Position: Condition Survey Assistant 2 positions available Position Description: The Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department in Bobst Library is looking for assistants to help with a library-wide condition survey of the archival collections held at Bobst Library’s … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Jobs | Leave a comment

Invite to VHP Open House & Mixer during SAA

What: Veterans History Project Open House & Mixer – SAA 2010   The nation’s largest oral history project, the Veterans History Project holds 70,000 first-hand accounts of veterans from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan.  Created by Congress in … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Conferences, Exhibits, Oral History, Social Events, Society of American Archivists, Students | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Discussing the Archive Series – April 22

Join us for the last event in the “Discussing the Archives: Ideas, Practices, and Institutions” series. Panelists from a variety of fields and disciplines will discuss the relationship between archives and state power, with an emphasis on how to productively … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Conferences, Symposia | Leave a comment

Tamimant/Wagner Summer Position Available — Communist Party

JOB OPENINGS TAMIMENT LIBRARY/WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES Position Title: ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT Number of positions available: 1 Hours: approximately 20 hours per week beginning in Summer 2010 with the possibility to continue into the Fall semester Description of Responsibilities: The Tamiment Library/Wagner … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Jobs | Leave a comment

Discussing the Archive Series

Discussing the Archive Series Announcing an upcoming panel discussion at NYU: “Embodied Archives” Wednesday, April 7th, 5:30 pm 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor (Humanities Initiative) Ann Fabian, Professor of American Studies and History, Dean of Humanities, Rutgers University Anne Golomb … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Conferences, Symposia, Workshops | Leave a comment

Summer Internship — National Anthropological Archives,

SUMMER 2010: Reference Internship at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution Title: Reference Services Intern Description: The Reference Services Intern will assist the Reference Archivist with research questions, scheduling reference appointments, creating a system to track reference requests, blogging about … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Internships | Leave a comment

Film Screenings

SPECIAL EVENT: RARE SCREENING OF FILMS PRESERVED THROUGH THE NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION Anthology Film Archives and the Archivists’ Roundtable of Metropolitan New York are excited to present a rare, one-night screening of films from greater New York’s diverse community … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, NYC Events, Symposia | Leave a comment

Midwest Archives Conference

Dear Archives Students! We would like to personally invite you to attend the upcoming Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) annual meeting being held in Chicago, April 22-24. For the incredibly cheap student registration rate of $45, you will have access to … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Conferences | Leave a comment

Next “Discussing the Archive” Program on March 11

Announcing an upcoming panel discussion at NYU: “Collecting and Collectivities” Thursday, March 11th, 5:30 pm 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Brent Hayes Edwards, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Steven G. Fullwood, Manuscripts Librarian, Schomburg Center for Research … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Conferences, Symposia, Workshops | Leave a comment

Discussing the Archive Series — March 3 Event

Announcing an upcoming panel discussion at NYU: “Archival Materialities: Text, Sound, Image, Object” Wednesday, March 3rd, 6 pm 19 University Place, Great Room (1st floor) Tina M. Campt, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and History, Duke University Lisa Darms, Senior … Continue reading

Posted in APH Events, Archives, Workshops | Leave a comment

Brooklyn Historical Soicety — Archives Survey Technician

Brooklyn Historical Society Othmer Library Job Announcement: Archives Survey Technician The Brooklyn Historical Society Othmer Library in Brooklyn, NY is seeking energetic, team-oriented candidates for 3 temporary, part-time, grant-funded Archives Survey Technician positions. The successful candidates will report to the … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, Jobs | Leave a comment