Author Archives: kimboosan

My poster presentation on PM

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kimboosan

At the Society of Florida Archivists’ annual conference this year, I presented a poster on project management (PM) in archives processing. I thought I’d share it here. Click on the thumbnail to go to a PDF of the poster:   … Continue reading →

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Project Management in Archives

Posted on May 15, 2012 by kimboosan

We do PM informally and it works..But with the level of backlog of collections that almost every archives faces today, we need different methods. Continue reading →

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Curation: not just a buzzword (SFA2012)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by kimboosan

But we’re completely unprepared for the idea of letting it all hang out. It’s simply not something archivists are trained or have been expected to do. Continue reading →

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Help the New College Archives!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by kimboosan

As most alumni know, the “archives” at NCF was usually a spare room crammed with boxes. Continue reading →

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Off to the SFA 2012 conference!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by kimboosan

Today after work I’m heading down to Sarasota, FL, for the Society of Florida Archivists annual conference. Continue reading →

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Folksonomies: Not a Song by Bob Dylan

Posted on April 24, 2012 by kimboosan

But while we stand around dialoguing, users have solved their own problem. And by “users” I mean the Archive of Own Own fanfiction archive. Continue reading →

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What’s in an (information science professional) name?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by kimboosan

…or we could just circumvent all the fuss and call ourselves Brown Coats! Continue reading →

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Bookending the Semester

Posted on April 19, 2012 by kimboosan

I’m ending this term the way I started it: coughing. Continue reading →

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Weeding Theory

Posted on April 17, 2012 by kimboosan

The question of weeding is and should be addressed as both a practical solution and as a philosophical quandary. Continue reading →

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Everyday writing, adjectives, and classifications

Posted on April 15, 2012 by kimboosan

We cannot classify without understanding what is meant, and humanities researchers cannot study the items in order to explore the definition if they cannot find the original material. Continue reading →

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