As a book lover, there is nothing more personal than a bookplate. If you’ve ever opened an old book and found a small decorative label pasted inside the front cover, you have discovered bookplates: individualistic signatures of ownership that have been around for hundreds of years. As a rare book collector, discovering an Ex Libris  (“from the library of…”) within the cover of a book is always fascinating since they quite often tell a story, while giving some provenance about

Have you ever taken a class that piques your interest so much that it completely shifts a path you were currently on? Well, since...

For this blog post, I was asked to explore a potential ethical dilemma an archivist may face:  You discover a bag full of records in the...

My chosen topic for using the Timeline JS tool is the evolution of Tarot from a simple card game to the future telling reputation tool it...

When the word “archives” is used, many ideas of what they are may be invoked. Maybe a room full of old books, or dusty rolled up...

Here is part two of creating a finding aid for the Ted Carlson Papers:  Scope and Content Note The Ted Carlson Papers are a collection of...

For INFO 256, we are beginning to work on archival finding aids. This portion of the assignment requires a written abstract and...

I knew that an archivist wears many hats in their profession, but in the case of Katie McCormick I was in awe of just how many hats that...