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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Calendar Photos
2010 is halfway (plus a bit) over, so I figure it's time to work on a 2011 Ansel Adams wall calendar for the fundraiser. For a change of pace, I thought I'd put it out to you, which images to include. We have 26 "conservatively cleaned" images and just 12 months in the year. Also, we have the challenge of vertical images in horizontal calendars. So, what do you think? What are your favorite Adams images from The Mural Project?
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Please respond on the blog, not Buzz nor Twitter, so we can all follow the responses.
Thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to your opinions.
Reaching out to the National Archives
I tried my first digital outreach to the National Archives this week. There's an online Web-form system to ask questions of archivists -- somewhere on the Archives.gov.
This is one "busy" website. I find it pretty easy to get lost in it, which might be a commentary on its usability for noobs -- or more likely on my tiny brain and the woeful amount of time I've spent in NARA-space.
In any case, I'm not entirely certain the Web-form works. It promises a two-stage response to inquiries: 1st, an immediate response to let us know the message has been received; 2nd, a more meaningful response from someone at NARA. At least that's what I recall. In any case, I haven't yet received the receipt notice. I suspect they're on a similar M-F schedule as most federal workers, so I'll give them until Tuesday for the "immediate" response, then follow-up.
The Archives has an excellent variety of Adams prints for sale -- and I don't mind plugging them, since most of their prints neither cross-over with the works we're fund-raising with, nor possess the same digital "cleanliness"of ours. Besides, I just like the National Archives mission and if I can do them a good turn with a "plug," I'm ok with that. Go Archives!
This is one "busy" website. I find it pretty easy to get lost in it, which might be a commentary on its usability for noobs -- or more likely on my tiny brain and the woeful amount of time I've spent in NARA-space.
In any case, I'm not entirely certain the Web-form works. It promises a two-stage response to inquiries: 1st, an immediate response to let us know the message has been received; 2nd, a more meaningful response from someone at NARA. At least that's what I recall. In any case, I haven't yet received the receipt notice. I suspect they're on a similar M-F schedule as most federal workers, so I'll give them until Tuesday for the "immediate" response, then follow-up.
The Archives has an excellent variety of Adams prints for sale -- and I don't mind plugging them, since most of their prints neither cross-over with the works we're fund-raising with, nor possess the same digital "cleanliness"of ours. Besides, I just like the National Archives mission and if I can do them a good turn with a "plug," I'm ok with that. Go Archives!
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