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Archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Processing Center

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@jdbence Excited to meet you at Penn!!!

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Delighted that Unique at Penn (https://t.co/RyxeJG70x7) is considered one of the top forty rare book blogs (https://t.co/uMbuj5ICl8). Thanks to all our rare book catalogers & curators who write about their wonderful discoveries! @_feedspot

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NHD Philly is live again! And what an awesome day of history research and student activism! Yay NHD! Yay Philly!!! #nhd

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@HelenTIS131 Thanks! So excited to try!

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After 9.5 days, we are "done" & agile processing is a success! Linear footage remains the same, but boxes condensed from 618 to 304, all organized into series. Bonus: a new team that works together, is respectful & recognizes each others' strengths! Yay!!!!

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Day 3: if a fully processed archival collection is like a beautifully plated omelette, we are currently in the 'eggs have been broken into the bowl and we are whisking vigorously' stage. I anticipate we will be in this stage for *some* time! Yay!

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@mmhfraser Sadly, this is not my idea--saw a presentation on it at a conference years ago and thought it was awesome! I'm going to ask processors to write a blog post at end--so you'll know what did & didn't work!

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1st day of Kislak Center's 1st experiment with agile processing! 618 boxes plus all available processors = PROGRESS! So freaking fun!

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Day 2: all known peeps and orgs are alphabetized, topics sorted into broad categories. Tomorrow we start the hard stuff: the more than 50 feet of "folders as is." Fancy term for misc? So grateful for an awesome team of processors working together!

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@jbpellerito Almost every college or university has a digital library (at Penn: https://t.co/xJ5GdF6Hij); but check out this amazing resource: https://t.co/JgnPciG35n

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The Ashley Bryan papers are available for research use! This is an amazing collection about an amazing and inspiring man, filled with artwork, kindness, and hope! And who cannot use a little hope these days? https://t.co/0YJ0rCTTIh

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Hello friends! I am so excited that Unique at Penn & PennRare have merged into what I hope will be a "super blog!" Keep any eye out for exciting new posts from your known-authors as well as new peeps from Penn's special collections! https://t.co/hquf2WytCl @upennlib

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From now on, PennRare will be posting at Unique at Penn (https://t.co/RyxeJGo3z7)! Hope you continue to read and discover old and new treasures in the Special Collections at Penn (farewell to PennRare: https://t.co/CNapyq7rat)

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Friends & colleagues, I am absolutely thrilled to announce that we have a full time, permanent position posted for processing archivist at Kislak! Please share widely! I'm looking for a collegial lover of collections & a friend to access! https://t.co/Hpa5yoVX3V

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@ArchivistSarah Sarah--I have one, but it might be too old--I'll send your way and you can maybe alter it?

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Although I have not tweeted for a million years, we at Kislak have been busy processing amazing collections! A new favorite item: a graphic score from the Joseph Castaldo papers! https://t.co/IlDm4uoGfu

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Pretzel kitty #CatsOfTwitter

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In her own right symposium: Lauren M. McCardel is speaking about "mental feasts!" Love this idea! @pacscl