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January 5th, 2012

2011 In Review

Another new year, another reflective blog post.

 

Notable events from 2011:
I have been at the AANM one year as of Monday – a busy year packed with learning, laughing & discovering my place in the organization.

AANM Halloween party

 

I survived grad school!
Graduation

 

I did a good amount of running & biking – a total of 525 miles this year (341.79 were running).
2011 Training

 

I joined the circus (well, I wish I could)
birdsnest

 

I celebrated 5 years of marriage
I love this picture of us.

 

I lost my stepdad to lung cancer
1993

I gave up being a vegetarian. [And ate a LOT of hotdogs!]

 

2012 Goals:

  • Stay active: train hard for Hood to Coast, do at least 1 more half marathon, do more circus
  • Grow professionally: present at a conference [or at least develop & submit some proposals], join some committees, expand my networks, work hard on new museum projects
  • Be responsible: save more money, do some house projects [the front lawn!], eat candy in moderation
  • Have fun: connect with friends, go easy on myself, to cultivate gratitude and kindness

2012
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October 13th, 2011

A Day in the Life [Of me!!]

This morning I had the honor of returning to my alma matter to be on a panel as part of the SAA student chapter’s “A Day in the Life” series that lets students learn what Real Archives Professionals actually do. As a fairly recent grad, I was slightly intimidated, but very excited, to speak alongside Jennifer Schaffner, an OCLC program manger, and Lisa Schmitt, the Electronic Records Archivist at MSU.

I’m not a huge fan of PowerPoints [both watching & delivering], so I made picture-heavy Prezi presentation. You won’t have the pleasure of hearing me explain everything, but if you’re interested in the many different things I do, it’s worth clicking around.

AANM Archives Collaboration on Prezi

Also, COME INTERN WITH US! Do it!

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July 11th, 2011

On archives and identity, a quote

Archival work is critical in shaping history. Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, we are major players in the business of identity construction and identity politics.

Kaplan, E. (2000). We are what we collect, we collect what we are: Archives and the construction of identity. American Archivist , 63 (1), 126-151.

Working from Ann Arbor today, finishing the grant that has consumed my work life these past months. It’s storming right now & I’m tucked away in a wingback chair in the reading room of the grad library – it’s deliciously dark & quiet, perfect for authoring EAD. [Although, I think it might be time for a BTB break - wrestling with this alone is exhausting.]

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May 24th, 2011

These Days

Blog title – a nostalgic reference.

I know in my last post I was all excited about my post-graduation free time & I’m very much enjoying that free time still, but clearly none of it is being directed toward blogging.

So, an update on things:

Work = very good.
Just wrapped up an NEH grant application, written largely by myself & our researcher. It was a two week marathon of writing but, fresh out of grad school, not too overwhelming. Looking forward to having time to direct to new projects, though!

Running = very good.
I ran both track & cross country in high school [I'll spare you the embarrassing photos] & have run on & off since then. I picked it back up two years ago & ran a 5k. Last year I was in Egypt most of the summer & lamented my lack of running. [Sidenote - in that post I linked to I mentioned following the death of Khaled Said - crazy to see where the momentum from that event took Egypt! Also interesting that I was still considering going for a Fulbright - maybe someday.]

This year, I’m taking full advantage of the streets of Ypsi & have been getting slightly more serious about it. I’ve put in 77.84 miles so far this year, 50.72 of those this month. I ran a 5k two weeks ago, I run my first 10k in two weeks & I signed up for the Detroit Free Press Half Marathon in October. Not sure a full marathon is in my near future, but knowing me & my love of ridiculous challenges, I’m sure I’ll get to it sooner or later. Friend me if you’re a DailyMile user!

The garden = pretty good.
All this rain overwhelmed a few of the seedlings I planted out, but I kept some backups to replace them. Still waiting until next week to put out tomatoes & peppers & I directly seeded corn on Sunday, so we’ll see. Either way, it’s year one/my first try so I’m not too worried.

Attention span = depleted.
Post = over.

Ciao!!

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May 3rd, 2011

Innovation & Evolving

Four years ago this month I was graduating from a very small, very conservative, “liberal arts” University with a degree in English. I was a language arts elementary education student until I was half way through student teaching & I switched – it wasn’t for me.

Coming to U of M was like entering an entirely new world. I was suddenly surrounded by people who were intelligent, full of questions and not afraid to explore. I had never been so intellectually stimulated and that shock really helped propel me through the past 2 years – I made every effort to take advantage of every opportunity.

During my last year, I had been worried that I would end up in a less stimulating environment after school. Thankfully, I am wrong – I’m lucky to work at organization with creative people, where evolving is welcomed.

To that end, this video has been on my mind a lot lately:

The point that museum websites are a outdated & irrelevant is one well taken, as our own website is something we struggle with. Personally, I’m partial to the one-page library website design that’s been going around lately.

I also like the wagon analogy & want to take it one step further by pursuing hover-boards.

Additionally, this past month I was surprised, honored and excited to be asked to serve on the Communications Technology Working Group for the Society of American Archivists. I don’t have many details now, but I’m looking forward to meeting new people, doing interesting work and becoming more involved in my profession.

I have more thoughts formulating on Creative Commons, users wants/needs & marking territory, but I’ll save those for another post.

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