Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Theory in action”
Preparation Recently I was away for a conference and “that” call came. Disaster has struck. A contractor had an unfortunate accident with water while doing some work in the archive facility. A number of cabinets filled with paper and trace paper of design plans, survey plans were covered in a …
Recently our local Museum and the council Archive conducted some free workshops. I presented on caring for your paper treasures titled “Treasures from the garage”. Often in my role as an Archivist I come across people that have interesting collections of “stuff” but no idea how to care for them. …
My most recent archive request was to determine where a customer used to live nearly 80 years ago. The customer had a house number (that no longer existed) and a general location. The house had long since gone and the property had been subdivided to a point that it was going to take …
If I had to distill the Art of Archiving down to the core steps then my “Archive Process – from Go to Whoa and back around it goes” would be it. Infographics are a great tool to quickly and visually outline a process however they do have some shortcomings. For example, my …
It is refreshing to get out of the archive building on occassion and into the community. What I most enjoy is the act of sharing the knowledge we have as Archivists to enable communities to become better stewards (or kaitiaki – guardians) of their collective memories. It also serves to …
“I have a bunch of old newspapers, letters, photos, scrapbooks, minute books and just generally “old stuff”, what should I do with it? Where do I start? Do I need to set up an archive?” First off, just because it is “old stuff” this does not necessarily mean it has …