http://skjanes.com/blog Sara's life on the internet Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:26:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Noted: that at work we process a pretty large number of request per year under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA for short, or for even shorter, FOI.) There's a lot, but most are pretty routine, so it's not overwhelming. Also noted: some of these requests ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=44 I got to attend ACA 2010 in Halifax last week. I've for years strongly believed ACA to be the best conference ever, and I was not disappointed. It's got a perfect combination of sessions, workshops, and social events both scheduled and casual. I was in good company last week. Session summaries ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=43 The "background" section for the presentation I will be giving Friday at the Northwestern Ontario Archivists' Association symposium "History in a Digital World." Some of this is lifted directly from a short paper I wrote on the same general subject last year. Really, it's stuff I've been paying attention to and ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=42 After, oh, minutes of careful deliberation this morning, I have decided that Facebook has until the end of the summer to get its privacy issues fixed. If they can't make things work to my liking, I'll claw back whatever data I can and delete it all. The process of regaining custody ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=41 Spent a white-knuckled few hours this evening attempting to move this blog to the main directory of the site. It didn't quite work, but I managed to get things exactly back the way they were. It just seems to make more sense to have the updated content on the landing page, ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=40 I've encountered this very same problem a couple of times this week: there tends to be a very strictly reinforced dichotomy between "technology expert" and "technologically illiterate." I consider myself to be moderately knowledgeable regarding computers, and I am finding it very difficult to be addressed at that level. The seminar ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=39 At a seminar today I was asked one of the most frustrating questions around: "Why exactly do you need a degree to do that sort of stuff?" It's not the first time I've encountered skepticism of this sort. Neither archives nor records management is really a high profile position (except in those ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=38 Today being a stat holiday (and me being home enjoying the sunshine and fresh air) -- means that we're finished with all the big outreach events that have been going on this week. Yesterday, nothing was planned except for tours, and we did indeed run those. Considerably more people turned up ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=37 Children! And also, many many meetings. And  drop-ins, which was neat, too. The press we had yesterday seems to have an impact -- despite not starting the official tours until 1 today there were still more visitors than yesterday. I'm a bit tired, though. There was a lot more running around -- mostly ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=36 Fame! Looks as though all the media contact yesterday paid off: last night the Archives tours were covered on the local news, and this morning we were also featured in the newspaper. Of course, just for fun, it was the very same day that Thunder Bay made international news, and an excellent ... http://skjanes.com/blog/?p=35