you might notice me retweeting some #WhyDL questions that went unanswered! If you have a good answer pop in with it, as I am slowly building out the website: https://whydontlibraries.brimwats.com — if you'd like to help type up some of the answered questions, any help is...
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when a patron uses a library catalog and sees book reviews in it and asks why?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why all the archives can't just work together to create one gigantic finding aid with all the archives?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why your online catalog is sometimes inconsistent or wrong?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked what exactly a collections policy is and who gets to decide what gets collected and why?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why we keep (or still use) card catalogs?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked how you manage information, use and the chronicling of such dizzingly vast collections (with only x members of staff) #whydl
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why we need libraries or archives "if everything is online?"
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why a patron can't keep a box of materials on hold for multiple weeks or months? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why you can't copy an entire book for a patron? (I know simple explanations of copyright are difficult!) #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why you don't just put all of your collections on the Internet Archive?
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Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you say when patrons ask you why you don't simply just send things away to be digitized? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me what you'd say when asked why (often) you need a master's degree for the work you do?
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I've made some progress on the website from #whydl — meant to answer some of the commonly asked questions in #GLAMS #librarylife #archives #museums #SpecCol & etc.
I am pretty happy with this 2 sentence that navigates an archive / 'the' archive uhhh the museum def is ahhh a WIP
unanswered question for #whydl—retweeting to #preservation #museums #archives
Unanswered question for #whydl—perhaps #digipres or #preservation might have some ideas? :)
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS question. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "if you specialize in collecting [X] why you don't collect every item related to [X]?" #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS question. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask why they cant access a collection to a certain date? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS question. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask if you're running out of room? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS question. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "why can't I bring my bag into the reading room?" #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they call an archive 'old' 'dusty' or 'hidden'?#whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "why can't you use acquisition budget for staff salaries?" #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask how they can take care of their family collections? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "why does it take so long to scan things?" #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask why you can't just feed a book through a high-speed / bulk output scanner? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask if you will do free conservation / preservation work for them? #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "why is it so cold or dry in the library?" #whydl
Hi #archives #museums #libraries: I'm collecting resources to answer commonly asked #GLAM #LIS questions. Can you tell me how you answer people when they ask "why cant I touch (insert damageable item here)?" #whydl
