August 23, 2010

some interesting links

Posted by dogpossum on August 23, 2010 11:49 AM | Comments (0)

• Building participatory archives - directly relevant to what I'm learning atm.
• "New shit has come to light": Information seeking behavior in The Big Lebowski
• Living the Poor Life: untold history of the poor now online

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June 19, 2010

hacking a research project

Posted by dogpossum on June 19, 2010 12:31 PM | Comments (0)

More interesting uses of archives, etc over at discontents where @wragge is talking about getting funding for a project which is utterly FASCINATING.

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May 18, 2010

do museums love us back?

Posted by dogpossum on May 18, 2010 12:42 PM | Comments (0)

Pinky articulates my latest... persistent problem with my course.

Can has critical reflection?

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May 11, 2010

archives sites

Posted by dogpossum on May 11, 2010 10:59 AM | Comments (0)

Archives next
and
Collections Australia Network

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May 6, 2010

interesting reading

Posted by dogpossum on May 6, 2010 5:35 PM | Comments (0)

An interesting article about governance and the importance of independence for archivists and librarians.

And one about Australian indigenous knowledge and libraries.

It's bits of research like this that give me the strength to continue my course, despite the terribly poor scholarship of some of the assigned readings. Information management is actually interesting.

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May 1, 2010

dictionary of sydney

Posted by dogpossum on May 1, 2010 1:08 PM | Comments (0)

The Dictionary of Sydney is a pretty good resource, if you can navigate it. I remember seeing a job going with them a while ago - either as a research position through its host uni, or through the tool itself as an information management person.
It could be really awesome. I'll use it a bit more and see what I think. The home page has some usability problems, though.

....this is my life, isn't it? Every site I see, I'll assess for usability. Geez.

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April 11, 2010

tasty world

Posted by dogpossum on April 11, 2010 9:44 PM | Comments (0)

tasty world

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April 5, 2010

online collection

Posted by dogpossum on April 5, 2010 8:04 PM | Comments (0)

My interest (for obvious reasons) is caught by online or digital collections curated by... well, by all sorts of people. I'm especially interested by public institutions like libraries, national galleries, etc using online galleries as a way of reaching the wider public. I'm also interested in the opposite - collections which work better in the face to face (I'm thinking of the national archives and their collections in remote indigenous communities...fuck, regional centres. God forbid they actually get action out to _really_ remote communities. Who aren't white.).


This is another one I've just found: http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/, which is the national gallery's prints and printmaking... collection? I guess you'd call it that.

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