Laura Melbourne (she/her)

I kinda liked live tweeting conferences but, you know, Twitter. Anyone still doing that?

Logged into MARAC Virtual. I'm looking forward to the keynote but here to lift up the virtual tours. They're excellent and all available at youtube.com/playlist?list=… @MARACtweets

REMINDER: Join the Swarthmore College Libraries! Now hiring a Research + Instruction Outreach Librarian. careers.swarthmore.edu/cw/en-us/job/4… Apply by May 8th. Salary starting at $65,000

Sleeve says, "woman singing." Photo is Linda Ronstadt at the iconic 1982 Central Park’s Rally for Nuclear Disarmament. #BadMetadata

Join us in person at Judson Church in NYC, April 28th, 7 pm, to help kick off the 100th birthday commemoration of the War Resisters League with discussion of draft & war resistance past, present, & future. More info: hasbrouck.org/draft/WRL100-2… @resistwar @warresistersint

This is the first project I completed as a professional archivist. I'm so excited to share it with you: warresisters.org/wrl-news-and-n… #archives

My next role will be as on archives contract for a full year. I'm excited! And...thinking about taxes. Any tips for ways to manage receipts, mileage etc?

I finished my first big professional project today! Digitized a bunch of stuff, did the metadata thing, learned about OpenRefine and even a tiny bit of Python. I can't show you until after spring break for reasons but it feels amazing.

Our family has been doing the isolation rounds for over two weeks. I'm actually leaving the house and going to work today. Weird.

Got the robo email that I'm officially graduating!

FINALLY made it to Chronicling Resistance. Amazing. See much more at chroniclingresistance.org. This piece reflects on the cyclical nature of resistance and erasure. The QR code leads to a Miro board at this link: miro.com/app/board/o9J_…

Today in archived fasteners

My first official rusty paperclip! #archivist

If you couldn't attend, you can read more at hcn.org/issues/52.4/in… and aaup.org/article/confro… #LandGrant #IndigenousLand

I'm attending this seminar today. My home is on the traditional territory of the Lenni Lenape. If you haven't learned about the people whose land you occupy, I recommend starting at native-land.ca

Also remember to be honest without being dismissive or negative. And don't keep reliving the past. I loved this session. It would be amazing if this could be a cathartic, standing program at every MARAC: who has recently taking over archival projects mid-journey? Share!

Rebecca's takeaways: Never assume, double-check everything, understand intellectual control of project vs. intellectual control of collection, and when picking back up after hiatus, identify changes and their impacts

Last one! Walking in Others’ Shoes: Taking Over Archival Projects Mid-Journey #MARACat50 Make sure you read the 5th tweet!