Kalousd Kizerian was born in 1892 in the small village of Zara in Armenia. After immigrating to America, he joined the Army during #WWI. Upon his return to Utah, he worked as a postman for 32 years in Salt Lake City. Read more: bit.ly/3wwYag2

LAST DAY OF SAA 2022 BELOVED COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO MOVE TO A LESS CROWDED ACRONYM THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT

We welcome our latest submission. Anonymous. Meme discussing archivist conversation subject range. 29 September 2022.

This story builds on the work of many who have studied Birmingham before: Ethel Armes, W. David Lewis, Douglas Blackmon, Diane McWhorter, and untold local reporters. It couldn’t have happened without the help of archivists at Birmingham Public Library, UAB, Sloss Furnaces, and Alabama Department of Archives and History.

And on the second day of #LibraryCardSignUpMonth Keanu was born 🥳🎂🎁

Any Public Library Archives and Special Collections interested in highlighting a collection for Hispanic Heritage Month- DM us with a link to the collection!

We calculated: it would take us 311 years to digitize everything in our 200,000+ cubic foot collection.😅

[1948] The careless jaywalker--is L.A.'s no. 1 accident-causer. (Bill Walker - Herald Examiner Collection) tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem…

I’m a UBC doctoral candidate seeking study participants for my dissertation research on human-feline relationships in the home. If you are interested in participating or learning more about the study, please visit TellMeAboutYourCat.wordpress.com. 🐱Please share widely!🐱

What is the most quirky archival item you have in your collection?

We welcome our latest submission: Anonymous. Commentary on research request fatigue. 14 September 2022

DUE WEDNESDAY: 📚 FY 2023 proposals for National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) & the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) are due Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Don't delay! Submit your two-page preliminary proposals today ⤵️ imls.gov/news/national-…

Join our archival team! ARC is currently hiring for two openings. Reference Archivist - Full-time amistadresearchcenter.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?… Digital Projects Assistant - Part-time (20 hrs/week) amistadresearchcenter.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?…

Which archival format do you hate working with the most and why?!

The ghosts of bookends past…

IM COMING CARLA! AND IM PLAYIN THAT CRYSTAL FLUTE!!!!!

#archivesproblems #digitization !B

I'm just an archivist, standing in front of a box, asking why. WHY?!?!

You didn't think LIZZO played that antique flute on stage without practicing first, did you? She visited the Library Monday & played several of the flutes in our collection, which is the largest in the world. #LizzoAtLOC See & hear more from her visit: blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/09/it…

Let’s start a thread of archival photos that highlight Diwali! Coming up October 24!