"Ask the Archivist" (free monthly eZine)

[Sally Jacobs]

My name is Sally and I'm a professional archivist based in Wisconsin. I am also a (very) amateur Photoshop user and these forums have been such a help. Thank you!

A little about my background: I have a BA in History and Anthropology, and an MA in Library/Archives. I've been fascinated with photography since I was a young girl with a junky little Instamatic camera. While I help my clients with treasures of all kinds -- it's the photographs that really "call" to me.

Anyhoo....

I write and publish a free monthly eZine called "Ask the Archivist" which I think would interest some of you. Each issue contains expert archival advice written specifically for the non-archivist.

Topics so far:

• Salvaging wet photographs
• Disaster planning and prevention
• When photos are stuck
• Mold (you can also read my posting about mold here on RetouchPro)
• Preserving digital files

Subscribing is super easy on my webpage: http://www.jacobsarchival.com

Unfortunately, I don't yet have the archive of articles up on my website. But if any of these topics interests you just drop me a quick email and I'll forward you a copy.

My best to all of you, and thanks for this incredible resource!!

Warmly,
Sally

P.S. In January I am sending out a free report on preserving digital files. If you are interested, be sure to check the "Digital Preservation" box in the interest categories when you sign up!

[byRo]

So interesting, Sally!
I have now subscribed to the eZine and read just about everything on (and off) the site.

One of my interests is exactly in watching the future unfold. I am a regular reader at Ray Kurzweil's site . Even if the "positive feedback increases order exponentially" theory and the ensuing "Singularity" may seem too far-fetched for most - it's increasingly difficult to deny that there's some (a lot of) truth there.

The idea that it's easier for a thousand-year-old manuscript to survive another thousand years than for your CD see out this decade rings so very true.

Thank you.

Rô

[Sally Jacobs]

Have you ever read "A Canticle for Leibovitz" by Walter Miller? Here's the summary from Amazon.com:


Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. --Paul Hughes