A blog from WHSLA (Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association) featuring posts on medical and health science libraries, NLM, and learning opportunities for medical and health science librarians and library staff.
CBS Sunday Morning recently took a deeper look at the Wayback Machine. Did you know it's been archiving webpages since 1996? I know I've used the Wayback Machine many times, especially to answer questions on organizational history. Questions that couldn't be answered with current website information, but had been featured information at one time. The Wayback Machine helped me go back in time on a website and find that information for a patron.
Many of us work on projects or help with things outside our regular realm. At some point you made have found yourself an "accidental archivist". Whether your knowledge of archives is small or large, enjoy this recorded webinar from CAA (Chicago Area Archivists) and SLA-IL chapter (Special Libraries Association) from July 13, 2022.
"While some professionals go into the field wanting to be
archivists, many fall into the role with "other duties as assigned."
Join CAA and SLA-IL for a co-hosted online event to discuss this topic.
Corporate Librarian and Archivist Julie Snyder (Schur Incorporated) will
moderate a discussion between Becca Smith (Librarian & Archivist, Wiss,
Janney, Elstner Associates) and Drew Davis (formerly archivist at College of
American Pathologists, now Manager of Policy and Corporate Records at the
College of American Pathologists) to talk about their experience working in
both the role of special librarian and archivist. Time will be left for
audience participation and questions."
