![]() And a few year later, another, and another. I did anything I could to get my foot in the door and move my career forward. I helped friends and family tackle their own archives. I set up informational interviews at collecting institutions. ![]() I started an archives-focused blog ( very outdated now) to discuss issues in the field. I joined the SAA mentoring program and the Society of California Archivists Publications Committee. Amidst these difficult feelings, I recalled the guidance of the wise whose voices rang out in my ear, “Network! Connect! Participate!” So I did what my introverted self was so hesitant to do: I reached out. I felt disheartened, inadequate, unprepared, and increasingly isolated. Applications went out, nothing came back. When graduating with my MLIS about nine years ago - deep in the trenches of the economic recession - I had a very difficult time breaking into the professional archives world. Today’s post comes from Joanna Black, the Digital Archivist at the Sierra Club’s William E. ![]() Archivists on the Issues is a forum for archivists to discuss the issues we are facing today.
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