If you attended our talk at #RBMS25, I am thrilled to announce that our paper, "I Despise It, But it Works: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections" has been accepted for publication in The American Archivist. I am so excited for you all to peek at the insights from this survey data!
Very grateful to have connected with so many colleagues and friends at #RBMS25 this week.
Each interaction was too short and yet nourishing, especially during a time of collective struggle.
It’s been a pleasure engaging with others and learning from their experiences. Grateful to be part of this community as one of your scholarship recipients—thank you for the opportunity! Thank you @rbmsinfo.bsky.social
& @ala-acrl.bsky.social!
Looking forward for next year! #rbms25
Conversations at #RBMS25 really made me want to rewatch Dahomey and kind of wish we could have had a discussion about it
but hmmm maybe Bookish Book Club soonish….. 👀
"Vesuvius in Eruption" watercolor by Turner at the Yale Center for British Art. The painting is rendered in luminous oranges, browns, and blues, the center of the eruption bright with heat.
Interior of the Yale University Art Gallery: A gothic revival hall with tall bright windows to the right contains a number of vitrines filled with Greek pottery and beyond that plinths hold various marble heads.
Interior of the Beineke Library: six stories of glass-encased rare books stacks loom at the center of a large open space inside a building.
A page spread from the Voynich manuscript at the Beineke, featuring drawings of plants and indescipherable script.
I had a lovely time at the #RBMS25 conference and visiting Yale for the first time. As anticipated, it's a beautiful campus with amazing collections. Now, onward to Massachusetts!
“I’m not saying throw out the archive… hold multiple voices in tandem.” The ‘academic’ WITH ‘community’ voices. #rbms25
If institutions ask community for their viewpoints, don’t edit their words! Showcase as 👏 is 👏 #rbms25
“Decolonization” removes colonial harms + “Indigenization” adds Native ways of thinking and practice. So glad this room gets to hear from Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy)! #rbms25
And now it’s about time for the closing plenary “Reclaiming Histories: Archives, Power, and Representation.” #rbms25
So many wonderful posters! #rbms25
An example of beaded moccasins shown as part of the ARCHIVAL collection (Ramsey). Repatriable objects are in libraries. We know this. Embrace it and start consulting. #rbms25
Next up- “Whose Papers? Reassessing the Alfred W Ramsey Papers about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School” by Rachel Bohlmann. #rbms25
Starting out this morning with Papers Group 8. 1st up- “Zines as Research Product: Chronicling Civil War Monuments through Text and Image” by Stefanie Hilles. #rbms25
Hand holding cup of coffee in conference room
Good morning on our last day of #rbms25! 📖 We’re here (with caffeine) and ready to support those presenting this morning.
Me in front of the Beinecke
Beinecke books
Gutenberg Bible
Grotesque statue reading a book that says, "U. R. A. Joke"
Highlights from #rbms25 Thursday, Day 3.
People talking at a reception at the beinecke
Cocktail
Bathroom mirror selfie
Woman (Emma) in a jacket with patches showing a skeleton reading and phrases “library” and “read to live live to read”
final day afternoon/evening of #rbms25 things
please say hi if you see me i feel like i’ve missed a lot of folks
Streaming It's Not You, It's a Trend: Managing Social Media in Archives and Special Collections since 2020 at #rbms25 and that title... oof, spot on.Grateful for survey work, panelists willing to share challenges in case studies and to @librarycolleen.bsky.social!
Attending “Provenance Research in Rare Books Cataloging as a Tool for Inclusivity.” #rbms25
“I’m just one person, and I have a JOB” - sing it, sister. Important research gets left by the wayside when all you have time for is core duties. #rbms25
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Esta mañana — día de mi graduación— comenzó de forma adorable. Les presento a Pawfficer Heidi y Handsome Dan, dos de los embajadores de cuatro patas de yale (¡todsas unas ternuras!). #rbms25 #mascotas #perros
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This morning—aka my graduation day—started adorably. Meet Pawfficer Heidi and Handsome Dan, two of @yale.edu’s four-legged ambassadors (and absolute cuties). #rbms25
#skydogs #dogs #doglovers
Next session at Yale Art Gallery is “Proactive AI Integration for Cataloging Marginalized Histories” with University of Toronto colleagues. #rbms25
I love the Extended Specimen Framework to tell stories of people within collections. Utilize ALL THE RESOURCES! #rbms25
Break down those silo walls between libraries, archives, and museums! YES! 👏 #rbms25
3rd- “Extending the ‘Specimen’: Historic Medical Provenance as a Research Process” with Lisa Geiger. #rbms25
Administrative and document bureaucracy, dispossession, and gatekeeping with the intent to acquire land and displace Indigenous Peoples. #rbms25
A recurring theme of #RBMS25 is the importance of community building and continual relationships, which is completely at odds with temp/term limited positions that are still all too prevalent in the profession.
