Author: allison burris
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Today I’m sharing a short paper I wrote for my preservation class on Timbuktu’s libraries. It’s basically presented here in its original state except for some images that I’ve added. For the class we were instructed to research a library disaster and the response to that disaster in an international setting. After some initial research,…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings I don’t normally get very personal on this blog–I like to focus more on what I’m…
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I am really proud of this new desk, which was fairly simple to make and only required 2 Lack tables, a hack saw and mitre box, and some wood glue. We have a very small apartment, but since we’ve been spending much more time at home, I’ve missed having an actual desk area (especially because…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings What even is an event anymore? I’m basically going crazy from staring at my computer screen…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings My partner and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with sushi and an evening of watching…
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There’s a scene in Cinema Paradiso that I find utterly wrenching. The projectionist, Alfredo, has just changed the position of the projector to show a film outside against a building, since the manager has closed the theater for the night. Salvatore watches in the square below. In an instant, the image bubbles and the reel…
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A Friend’s Reading Challenge: 10 Books in a Week
A Good Neighborhood, A Room with a View, Abbi Waxman, Akwaeke Emezi, classics, E.M. Forster, fantasy, James McBride, John Connolly, memoir, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Naomi Novik, Ottessa Moshfegh, Paula Byrne, Reading, reading challenge, The Book of Lost Things, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, The Death of Vivek Oji, The Good Lord Bird, The Real Jane Austen, Therese Anne FowlerOne of my best friends is an avid reader and often reads voraciously in a very short period. She took a few days off of work with the goal to read 10 books. This sounded like fun, so I thought I’d join her in trying to read 10 books before my classes started a few…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings This weekend I’m heading out to our cabin! I baked a bunch of goodies to take…
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One of my classes this semester is a photography preservation class. Part of doing archival work around photographs involves identifying different photography processes. There are many ways of making a photograph, even from the earliest days of photography in 1839. Some photographs are one of a kind objects, other photography techniques involve creating a photo…
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