Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 4hAs is traditional, white people should mark Columbus Day by getting lost looking for the spice section of the supermarket, wind up in the Hispanic foods section, and claim they found the ramen. 020
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 4hGetting limbered up for #AskAnArchivist day on Wednesday. Remember: there are no silly questions. There are sometimes silly answers, depending on how well I’ve slept.static.klipy.comCute Kitten Waking Up & StretchingAlt: Cute Kitten Waking Up & Stretching 110
Reposted by Archivist, AnonymousProfessionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fuck it. I am going to start referring to AI as trump intelligence. Lies confidently, steals everything, toxic to the world, no critical thinking/understanding, worst people are the biggest cheerleaders, relies on the exploitation of underpaid workers while actively trying to deny their existence, 163
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BRB reading Castle of Otranto immediately. 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why do the bonkers calls always come in when nobody is around to witness me losing my grip on reality? If I have to deal with this nonsense it could at least provide amusement for someone else. 100
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These AI-generated reference inquiries are making me hate large chunks of my job and I resent them for that, on top of everything else. It’s such LAZINESS at every level. We are not here to do your research for you. We are here to facilitate you doing your own damn work. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I continue to be puzzled by actual scholars who find our contact info and ask basic questions that are clearly answered on the website. Why wouldn’t you check before asking? 020
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I continue to react poorly to my schedule/availability being taken for granted. 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If everyone could just leave me alone for a few minutes I might actually get a chance to work on the things y’all want from me. 001
Reposted by Archivist, AnonymousI support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 9421183
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Look I might be old-fashioned but I was raised to believe copyright matters. 001
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I saw you look at the door sign that says OPEN in big bold letters. You don’t then need to poke your head tentatively into the reading room and ask if it’s ok to enter. Open sign, unlocked door, lights on, staffed desk. All good clues. 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Been a minute since a certain rare books listserve was on fire but someone just brought the Holocaust into a conversation about AI, so everyone get your popcorn. 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Me: I'm ordering two 36x48 self-healing cutting mats. Packing list: I contain two 36x48 self-healing cutting mats! Box: *Contains two wall-mounting hand dryers* 011
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Something in my office sounds fizzy. Nothing should be making sounds. I wonder how concerned I should feel. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Today's Extremely Specific Problem: call numbers that don't distinguish between editions of a book. 🤨 All copies cataloged for 1899 edition, but copy 2 is actually 1914. C’monnnnn 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Whoever last worked on this handbook used double spaces between sentences and the platform doesn’t recognize that for find-and-replace. So I have to find them individually. Woe is me. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Stages of taking time off work: 1. Hallelujah, a break! 2. So apparently I was super tired. 3. FEELINGS 4. This is actually awesome, I love having unsched— what do you mean I have to go back to work tomorrow 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I wish I'd known how much of professional life was going to be spent chasing people down to get them to answer my messages and questions. HELLO IS ANYONE THERE HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Patron: I heard somewhere that these documents were intended for you in the early 90s but were never actually donated. Do you know where they are? Everyone involved is dead. My dude. 🤦♀️🤷♀️ 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026People are confusing and enraging today. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Certain coworkers are giving me an eye twitch. #LibraryLife 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Sir, I can't tell you whether it's worth visiting us in person for your research. Only you can determine that, just like only you can prevent forest fires. #GLAMS #ArchivesLife 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I’ve never seen someone date an email the way they would a posted letter before. Interesting. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Bleh the single occupant restroom on this floor reeks of pot. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026If anyone hears distant cursing it’s just me wrestling with the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams. 100
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Things I say at work: What in the plaid rabbit hell is going on with case 2?? 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Me, trying to find literature on a research topic: WHY DOES IT ALWAYS COME BACK TO FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS??? Boss, from her office: *chortles* My suffering is being MOCKED. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026For almost 24 hours, all of the reference queues I can access were at zero. Glorious. 010
Reposted by Archivist, AnonymousStephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 24/04/2026My favorite art history genre is "Judith beheading Holofernes" 5065211389
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The door-clicking ghost is back. The lock system has been fixed multiple times this year and it always starts up again. The ghost is bored and needs to stim! 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Checking my spam folder, as per usual, and am amused that someone from "Omniscient Editorial" needs to ask me a question. Shouldn't you already know the answer, sir/ma'am? 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Happy National Library Week and National Library Workers Day to all the administrators at this fine institution who have not mentioned either recognition time even in a bland form email. 001
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I had to end my lunch break and go on desk just as my book was getting spicy. Harrumph. 010
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I confess I’m relieved to realize that for once I am not the most frustrated, angry one in a committee. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Channeling my stress about Current Events into rage about higher ed fundraising campaigns acting like engineering and athletics are the only things that matter on campus. Productive? No. Healthy? No. But it’s making me feel less like throwing up. 110
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"hey, remember that project i emailed you about in December 2024, I'm circling back now" dude, you think I remember that? I hit "send" on reference responses and you immediately leave my brain unless you're high on the bonkers scale. You don't *want* me remembering you. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Today’s theme is “I’m running out of ways to explain this to you.” And the letter Y, as in “Y U NO LISTEN” 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Ok so I like my job and my work very much but I have absolutely no desire to do any of it or be in the office at all today.media.tenor.coma man is sitting at a table with his mouth open and says i wanna goooooo !Alt: Joey from Friends is sitting at a table yelling “I wanna goooooo!” 001
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Two separate people asked me for marriage and death records today and seemed astonished to hear those are probably with the city or county, rather than the university archives. This bodes poorly for the week. 001
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026So apparently yesterday was Employee Appreciation Day at my workplace. Information I only happened across by chance today. Because nobody told us, the employees, that it was Employee Appreciation Day. I feel like a pretty important point got missed somewhere along the way. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026What is it about being super stressed and on a tight schedule that makes my coworkers want to hang out and chat? 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Overheard during an upper level university class visit to the archives. Student: do you want me to put my name on my assignment? Instructor, more patiently than I would be: yes, your name should be on it somewhere. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The lights are on, the door is unlocked, there’s stuff on the tables, there’s a sign next to the door. Why are students so daunted by the door being closed so as not to bother people studying nearby? Your class starts in five minutes, quit staring through the window like Victorian street urchins. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Finding myself cooing delightedly over new, entirely unscratched acrylic display supports. Hopefully this is charming. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026If everyone could just try using some basic common sense first that’d be awesome. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I can’t believe I have to say this, but when you return folders to an archives box, they should face the same way as the other folders. And that direction should be LABELS FACING FRONT. This instruction archivist needs a large adult beverage. 000
Archivist, Anonymous @archivistsanon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I am so not emotionally prepared for the coming month. 010