Irene Gates

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks 📜
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I spent most of the past year working on this collection, with our fabulous processing assistants Julia Lee and Aleksandrs Renerts. They are presenting on this project at the New England Archivists Spring Meeting in Portland, Maine, next month, so check out their presentation if you're there!

Took my Modern China class to visit @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social yesterday! The incredibly talented librarian and my fellow China historian Mårten Söderblom Saarela and his colleagues brought out all sorts of interesting materials for us! What a treat!

A photograph of a street with a large, dirty snow pile, and a valentine's day poem "Roses are red, violets are blue, hope you'll stick around for a while, like this snow pile. happy valentine's day"

A Boston valentine 💘

The Women Saving America’s Climate Data Meet the network saving federal environmental data. But, as Trump enters his second year, how long can this effort last?

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So excited for this collection and so much respect to ACE and its staff, past and present. Thanks to @mollybrrown.bsky.social for championing these records, to our processing assistants for their hard work and dedication, and to my supervisor for guiding this project: a community effort!

Restorative justice is one of the most meaningful applications of archival work; the CRRJ project at Northeastern is an excellent example of that. I am honored to work alongside colleagues who help shape and grow the CRRJ’s Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive.

Archive Intern at Democracy Now! Democracy Now! Internships are paid, 20 hour per week, temporary work placements to help students, people early in their careers and career changers gain entry-level skills and experience in the…

Democracy Now! is seeking interns for our Archives Department to help preserve our vast library of books, photographs, audio-visual materials and more. All our internships are paid, part-time positions.

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Gouldian Finch.

The Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae), also known as the Gould's Finch or the Rainbow Finch, is a colourful passerine bird that is native to Australia.

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