Rebecca
@DerangeDescribe
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archivist on hiatus (she/her)
Vancouver, WA
Joined July 2009
I'm okay but feeling adrift now that I've been out almost 2 years.
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TFW you let your essay-yay membership lapse because you're too embarrassed to call and ask for the unemployed rate again.
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At the front of the reading room the tweed-clad academic assures the librarian that he is willing to wear cotton gloves in order to protect the material he will be handling but his uncovered face and repeated coughs shows he is unwilling to do much to protect the librarian.
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An underappreciated favorite of mine
Archives Queer Eye: Bobby: I put all your stuff in blue and gray boxes Tan: Spacers give your folders a nice shape Jonathan: Literally just take off those gloves, you don't need them for paper Karamo: How are your EAC relationships? Antoni: Let's make a simple DIP
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In case it wasn't clear from that last tweet--I'm actually doing well! I don't know what's next for my career but everything else in my life is so much better since the move.
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I hate making phone calls but I live in #WA03 now and just made a bunch for MGP's campaign.
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Hi #LISMentalHealth! My last job absolutely wrecked my mental health and I've been unemployed for a year+ after moving across the country. Still figuring out what's next for me.
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What if all those PhDs stop just defending and actually start attacking?!?
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Can we have a Journal for Halfway Done, Abandoned Papers? In the abstract, you explain why you quit working on it.
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Welcome to the club no one want to be in. This is a space for gallery, library, archives, and museum workers and past workers to celebrate our pasts, mourn our losses, and commiserate. Check out our website for more:
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If anyone got a l1nked1n update from me I have no news, just realized my profile said I was still at the place I left in 2017.
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Hi all, I'm interested in hearing from or about archivists who transitioned to other rewarding careers with good work-life balance. Do RT, and thanks.
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I don't dream about archives much anymore but last night there was a giant lobster loose in the stacks.
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I think most of #archives Twitter knows the thread I’m referencing but the question of what it costs to digitize something like a scrapbook has responses with major Lucile Bluth energy
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No pressure @SNAP_Section but if you ever want to do something similar I preemptively volunteer my time to support.
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