I've pretty much settled on Big Tent for our new home. You are welcome to join up at any time now. We still have some stuff to do, certainly, but the place is ready for new discussions.



Some neat features that will be new:

Classifieds section- need a job? Have a job posting? Put it there.

Events: invite people to your activities, work, educational, social.

News: self explanatory.

File Share: load PDFs and other sharable files



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The Connecticut Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has received funding from NHPRC for an additional two years to continue to reduce the manuscript backlog. Since September 2008, Project Archivist Jennifer Sharp and I have added more than 1600 records to OCLC and our online catalog, far surpassing the 900 we had anticipated. At this rate, we hope to virtually eliminate the backlog by October 2012!



I know, having a project archivist does mean I am not… Continue

"Case Studies from the Field"

Organizations of all sizes rely on their record keepers. Sometimes that job falls to just one person, but being the only member of your

department doesn't mean that you have to go it alone. In collaboration

with New England Archivists, the Congregational Library is hosting a gathering

for lone arrangers to share their…

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The New England Archivists are working on having events besides spring and fall meetings. The kick off of these events will be held at my institution:

Lone Arrangers Celebration

May 26, 2 –…

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At some point in the recent past, I- your humble group administrator-

had to switch to approving pending membership requests to try to stave

off the spammers. So far I think it has worked. A result of this is

that I'm very much aware of days like this when we end up getting 6 new

members- and it's just barely 2pm EST.



For the new folks, or those who are interested in an expurgated guided tour of some of the features available here, check out my… Continue