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<archdesc level=”collection”>

<did>

<unittitle>

   Edwin Mellen Press records,

</unittitle>

<unitdate>

1802-2013.

</unitdate>

</did>

<userestrict>

<p>

Criticism of the contents of this collection is not permitted and may result in legal action.

</p>

</userestrict>

</archdesc>

Appraisal without acquisition is just wishful thinking. Acquisitions without preservation is just hoarding. Preservation without access is just stockpiling. If you’re doing all these things AND providing access, you’ve got an archives.

Yeah, the design isn’t the best. Hooray for CC-licenses so you can improve it and share alike!

(“I like the way you roll” over a photo of book trucks. Photo credit: 1273148018052_proc2 by yurilong)

(“I’m stuck on you” over a photo of a scrapbook. Photo credit: World War One Scrapbook by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives)

(“I love you like a silverfish loves paper” over a photo of a silverfish. Photo credit: Peixinho-de-prata // Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) by Valter Jacinto)

(“Be mine” over a photo of a donation form. Photo credit: Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum Archives donation form)

(“I love you this much” over a photo of a penguin with arms outstretched.)

(“You mean the world to me” over a historical map of the world. Photo credit: Wytfliet’s Map of the World 1598 from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection)

(“Let’s bone” over a photo of a bone folder.)

I have been told that my use of is not in compliance with EAD best practices, but it is fully compliant with the Bro Code.

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<archdesc level= “collection”>

<did>

<unittitle>

           Barney Stinson papers,

</unittitle>

<unitdate>

           2005-2013.

</unitdate>

</did>

<scopecontent>

<p>

Legen

</p>

<note>

<p>

    Wait for it…

</p>

</note>

<p>

dary!

</p>

</scopecontent>

</archdesc>

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<archdesc level= “collection”>

<did>

<unittitle>

           Lucasfilm records,

</unittitle>

<unitdate>

           1971-2012.

</unitdate>

</did>

<acqinfo>

<p>

This collection was acquired by

the Walt Disney Company

in October 2012.

</p>

</acqinfo>

</did>

<dsc>

<c01 level=”series”>

<did>

<unittitle>

              Star Wars,

</unittitle>

<unitdate>

             1977-2005.

</unitdate>

</did>

<accruals>

<p>

Additional materials are added to

the Star Wars series

whenever profitable.

</p>

</accruals>

<phystech>

<p>

Signs of decay throughout. Due to

the poor condition of this

collection, further deterioration is

likely impossible.

</p>

</phystech>

</c01>

</dsc>

</archdesc>

Bits and bytes of thanks to @sally_j, @LibSkrat, @herodotusjr, and @LanceStuch for their help finding images for this comic!

Image credits:
Panel 1: Image of the Earth recovered by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project by NASA/LOIRP
Panel 2: Thesis [Image Glitching] by Richard Almond
Panel 3: Floppy Disk by Museum of Hartlepool
Panel 4: “Burned” DVD, microwaved to ensure total elimination of private data by Roman Solo
Panel 5: Floppy-Disk-1.44-Mb_FujiFilm-MF2HD_82374 -480×360 by Emilian Robert Vicol
Panel 7: When drives attack by Jonathan

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What happens to a digital dream deferred?
Does it degrade
when a zero turns to one?
Or fully obsolesce
Nowhere to run?
Does it warp in extreme heat?
Or, without metadata,
it survives incomplete?

Maybe it gets lost
Files failing to load
Or does it explode?

Hey archivists, did you know that Canadian archives are in trouble? It’s true! Check out the Canadian Council of Archives’ call to action, and follow the Archivists’ On to Ottawa Trek Tumblr to learn more about demonstrations happening this Monday!

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Why Canadian archives are awesome

Instead of white gloves…they have white mittens.

Instead of book trucks…they have book sleds.

Instead of reading room attendants…they have Mounties.

Instead of cold storage…”we just call it storage, eh.”

Put a QR code on it!

This comic really really needs to be a video–if you want to film it, let me know and I’ll finish the script!

Photo credits:

Panel 1, 3, 5: Hazel Gay from the Smithsonian Institution

Panel 2, 3, 6: Photograph of Mrs. Adelaide Minogue Checking Humidity Recorder in Stacks, 1942 from the U.S. National Archives

Panel 4: Library , c1981 from LSE Library

Panel 7: Student at Work at Senior High School in New Ulm, Minnesota from the U.S. National Archives

Panel 9: library signage -New books by rhondda.p

Panel 10, 11: Archives’ stacks by dolescum

Panel 12: Libguides from Phillips Memorial Library, Dr. John Archer Library, University of Melbourne Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Panel 13: Binding by Morrell, late 19th or early 20th century from National Library NZ on The Commons

Panel 14: Finding aids SPL by leeleblanc

Panel 15: Sleeper by John C Abell

Panel 16: Book Moving Cart by Jeffrey Beall

Panel 17: Book of Hours, f.108r, (184 x 133 mm), 15th century, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-02 from National Library NZ on The Commons

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Hi, I’m a librarian
Hi, I’m an archivist
and we put QR codes on things
Today we’re going to go to an academic library. Nothing has QR codes on it.
But you know what we’re gonna do? We’re gonna put QR codes on things.
Spruce it up! Make it pretty!
Thank you.
Put a QR code on it!
I’m putting a QR code on this sign. It’s a QR code! QR codes just magically make everything modern and relevant.
Look at this sad little doc box. I know! I’ll put a QR code on it!
Did you see this box before? I didn’t. Now there’s a QR code! It’s user-friendly! It’s informative!
I’m putting a QR code on a QR code that links to a Libguide about QR codes.
Put
A
QR code
On
It!

Photo credits:

Panel 1: George Eastman House

Panel 2: Duke Data Accessioner

Panel 3: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives

Panel 4: Library of Congress

Panel 5: LSE Library

Panel 6: US National Archives

Panel 7: National Archives UK

Panel 8: State Library of New South Wales

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Were you to calculate my checksum
you would discover
I am not exactly who I was
even a year ago

But humans do not yield to algorithms
(and you were never very good at binary)

Nothing lasts
by staying the same.
But how much
can two people
change each other
without losing
their significant features?

Love is not a single event
but a series of managed actions
an ongoing process
an exercise in prediction
with uncertain results
It will not sit patiently on a shelf
while you figure everything out

I can’t predict the future
and I don’t always know what I’m doing

But when you find something worth preserving
you do whatever it takes

What we have
will never be
obsolete

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<archdesc level=“collection”>

<did>

<unittitle>

           George Lucas papers,

</unittitle>

<unitdate>

           1977-1983.

</unitdate>

</did>

<processinfo>

<p>

           This collection is continually

           reprocessed as new technologies

           become available.

</p>

</processinfo>

</archdesc>