Celeste Brewer

Archivist, unabashed cat and cardigan enthusiast. She/her

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

...maybe I'll change my bio to "mad at dead people I've never met"

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Glad everyone here is also freaking out about how good Lizzo playing the @librarycongress crystal flute is. Just pure sunshine, a real day brightener and a serious accomplishment in outreach!

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

It’s not always as easy as cold emailing someone to say “Hey, we have a thing you might be interested in using in your work, wanna come see it?” But sometimes it is, and it’s glorious!

[Kenwardjr @Kenwardjr]

https://t.co/l8XQzK26oh

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Far from my only quibble with the rare books and manuscripts market, but: I am *begging* dealers to create collection inventories in spreadsheets instead of Word documents. 😫

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Professional ethics in action! Bravo @smithsonian https://t.co/qybxA16G84

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Patrons being excited about work you did is pretty great, but coworkers responding “OMG YES” and CCing another colleague because they’re so excited feels like winning the lottery.

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

@kellywooten Free article title for anyone writing about un-policing archives!

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Misread an Archival Outlook headline as “Deaccession the Police.” 🤔

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My brother just sent this to me. Bah indeed!

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Really appreciated @ChaitraPeezy 's thoughtful presentation on the @UNCLibrary Community-Driven Archives project. Reflections on the practical and ethical impacts of grant-based project funding on community engagement work especially resonated. https://t.co/JbdRzbr1bB

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

When a donor visits on short notice and everyone starts scrambling

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Research and the creative process are messy! Life is messy! Neatness is a powerful retrieval tool, but are we always using it for retrieval, or are we using it to self-medicate our anxiety about entropy and loss of control?

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Working on a somewhat messy collection and thinking about the tension between accuracy and neatness in finding aids. Users need clear, navigable container lists! Yet I keep encountering spotlessly neat finding aids that don’t accurately describe the contents of the collection.

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Some of my old finding aids could be arranged more carefully. They’re probably harder to use than they should be, and I think I would do things differently now. But I also think librarianship can lead us to value neatness as an end unto itself.

[archivistmemes @archivistmemes]

Unprocessed collections say trans rights 🤘🤘🤘