My name is Christina. I have a passion for books, history and travel and it is my dream to become an archivist.
I discovered my love for archiving when I started my first (and only) job 5 years ago. I am officially an Administration Assistant, however, archiving just seemed to creep its way into my daily duties because, quite frankly, it was a job that nobody else wanted to do! Despite my "experience" with archives, I have never actually been formally trained and to be honest, have no idea what I am doing (although, everyone at work seems to be happy with what I've been doing thus far so I'm taking that as a good sign!)!!
This is the first time I have ever attempted to write a blog and I'm actually rather excited! I am really surprised at how easy it has been to set up and look forward to keeping up my blog posts and exploring this online tool.
Prior to starting Document Management 1, I had never heard of Web 2.0, or even Web 1.0 for that matter! In this subject I hope to become more 'tech savvy,' and learn how to best use online tools in my future career as an archivist. Despite having a Facebook account, I tend to be a bit skeptical about the positive aspects of social media, so learning how to use other online tools such as Twitter and Flickr will prove to be very interesting and, I expect, most enlightening.
Let the adventure begin!
Hi Christina! It good to see that there are some archivists in this degree as it seems to be largely library dominated. Learning more about the social media tools of web 2.0 will be a great (and continual) experience. Even I'm still finding ways to better use the social media platforms I use.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel! I know what you mean! I am enjoying the library content of this course but wish there would be more information regarding archiving. Oh well, at least I'm getting my archiving fix from Records and Archiving Management, are you doing that subject? It's been great exploring different social media, finding out how to use them to my advantage and learning more about archiving and becoming part of the international archiving community.
DeleteSuch as liking News Pages to keep me up to date and informed about current affairs.
ReplyDeleteHi Christina, welcome to the world of blogging! I also hope to work in archiving one day, and I also have a love of travel, which I have done quite a bit of and hope to do a lot more in the future. It is great that this is an international qualification!
ReplyDeleteHooray! Another aspiring archivist! :) I also love to travel and have a passion for history. It's my dream to work as an archivist in the UK! Fingers crossed!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulation for your blog. It is nice to know what career you want in the future and as a result you can improve your skills that you will need it.
I looking forward for your next blog.
Hi Christina, So glad that you've joined our group because you clearly have some similar likes, such as Dr. Who, Sherlock the Holmes, The Mighty Boosh, and of course Queen, but really, your love of archivista is also a passion of mine and I do believe that this degree will support such enjoyable focus. Great blog interface and a very happy profile, Cheers, Susanne
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