http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:05:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/12/21/162731.php#comment-682177 Archivists like Abigail Chase in National Treasure are people who work with original documents on a daily baisis. Archivists read, organize, preserve, and make available "treasures" most people rarely see. Massive digitization projects underway at archives and libraries around the world are now making images of these unique papers available to the public through the internet. Anyone interested in learning more about the archival profession should check out sites like archivopedia.com. There you can search for historical documents and finding guides in the National Archives and other repositories, link to professional and educational organizations that deal with primary sources, use a free online encyclopedia of archival terms, read blogs of professional archivists to glimpse "behind the scenes" of archivists' lives, and read about primary source documents making news headlines. You can even chat with an archivist about using primary sources to help with history homework assignments. Archives aren't just dusty papers in a basement or some warehouse. They are history. National Treasure is a wonderful example of making historic documents and their stories come to life. --A professional archivist 682177@blogcritics.org Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:05:58 EST