HIST 405: Public History introduction to Special Collections and Archives

For those who want to know what archivists get up to on Twitter and want to see some of the fascinating items held in archives around the country.

This study asked working archivists age 35 and under about their satisfaction with their work duties and work environment, as well as about their relationship with professional associations.

A new study by the Stanford History Education Group shows that even upper-level history majors have difficulty evaluating historical documents.

"While there are good reasons to georectify historical maps, it should not, like OCR of historical texts, be considered an automatic step in any good archival process."

"The paper issues a call for archivists to rethink the way they process collections, particularly large contemporary collections. It challenges many of the assumptions archivists make about the importance of preservation activities in processing and the arrangement and description activities necessary to allow researchers to access collections effectively."