Cats Scratched Fever!
Some days are easier to be a Gamecock fan than others. Today is a good example. The University of South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks scratched the Kentucky Wildcats from the SEC tournament. For those who do not know the significance of this event, it is the first time in history (that’s right, in history) that the Kentucky Wildcats have lost in the semi-finals of the SEC tourney. When you’re a Gamecock fan living in Big Blue country, you have to savor these moments. Go Cocks!
[...] What is an Archive Blog ? This seems to be a crucial question as the growing field of “blogs about archives” offers up a posts stretching from the recent SAA conference talks to South Carolina Gamecocks. Perhaps it would it be helpful to make a distinction between official blogs relating to news from archival repositories and personal blogs written by people who happen to work in archives? The ‘2.0‘ world seems to unite people with common interests in general topics, uniting computer users with similar interests and allowing for sharing of information. Archives are used by a wide range of people such as journalists, academics, genealogists, authors, archaeologists, etc. who search for answers and uncover stories in collections of materials described and organized by archivists. I understand this is a very simplistic interpretation but still I wonder if it is in the best interest of archives to only consider ‘Archive Blogs’ to be written by archivists only? Could a blog be used to additional information to finding aids seems to me to be a legitimate purpose of an archives blog. [...]
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[...] He first asks the following: What is an Archive Blog? This should be a crucial question as the growing field of “blogs about archives” offers up posts stretching from the recent SAA conference to South Carolina Gamecocks. Perhaps it would it be helpful to make a distinction between official blogs relating to news and services from archival repositories and personal blogs written by people who happen to work in archives? [...]
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