Ayse the Archivist
@misanthropeayse.bsky.social
Hawara, wie landet man aus Evansville in der Schweiz?
Archive Enthusiast / Random Records Management Expert / Librarian
Archive Enthusiast / Random Records Management Expert / Librarian
Expressed so well and so thoroughly and better than I ever could:
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Expressed so well and so thoroughly and better than I ever could:
The highlight of my Xmas season. The Malinois who thinks she’s a lap-dog.
December 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The highlight of my Xmas season. The Malinois who thinks she’s a lap-dog.
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I really don't like systems that force libraries to pay-per-use and I wish libraries themselves were more upfront with users about how much every movie you take out from Hoopla or Kanopy is costing the library.
May 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I really don't like systems that force libraries to pay-per-use and I wish libraries themselves were more upfront with users about how much every movie you take out from Hoopla or Kanopy is costing the library.
Sweet home Chicago
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sweet home Chicago
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Making an effective records retention schedule without a process catalog is impossible. Please never forget that first step.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Making an effective records retention schedule without a process catalog is impossible. Please never forget that first step.
And this is why my Swiss-Austrian husband and I won’t be visiting the US for the foreseeable future.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And this is why my Swiss-Austrian husband and I won’t be visiting the US for the foreseeable future.
A little known part of the job of being an archivist: sometimes you have to impromptu shift several moving boxes full of paper, weighing several kilos around. Ambush arm day.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A little known part of the job of being an archivist: sometimes you have to impromptu shift several moving boxes full of paper, weighing several kilos around. Ambush arm day.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
A note to all: please convert your digital records into archivable (archivtaugliche) formats as soon as their active phase comes to an end. Do not make your friendly archivist appraise digital reams of wingdings.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A note to all: please convert your digital records into archivable (archivtaugliche) formats as soon as their active phase comes to an end. Do not make your friendly archivist appraise digital reams of wingdings.
Writing a new records management training and am realizing it cannot be stressed enough to public servants that if they don’t manage their records correctly, we fail as a transparent democracy. Managing records correctly is the surest way of ensuring accountability. It isn’t just your everyday job.
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Writing a new records management training and am realizing it cannot be stressed enough to public servants that if they don’t manage their records correctly, we fail as a transparent democracy. Managing records correctly is the surest way of ensuring accountability. It isn’t just your everyday job.
I’m in a situation now where I and other colleagues are refusing to act as leadership coaches for our boss. We don’t get paid for that.
Also, don’t spray perfume/cologne in the office. Were you raised by wolves?
Also, don’t spray perfume/cologne in the office. Were you raised by wolves?
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m in a situation now where I and other colleagues are refusing to act as leadership coaches for our boss. We don’t get paid for that.
Also, don’t spray perfume/cologne in the office. Were you raised by wolves?
Also, don’t spray perfume/cologne in the office. Were you raised by wolves?
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Artistic representations of St. Catherine’s mystical marriage to Jesus will never not be funny. They literally all show some lady marrying a baby. And Mary is just there holding Jesus with an expression that says “Seems legit.”
November 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Artistic representations of St. Catherine’s mystical marriage to Jesus will never not be funny. They literally all show some lady marrying a baby. And Mary is just there holding Jesus with an expression that says “Seems legit.”
Anger and frustration seem to unlock hidden linguistic talents in me. I can’t speak French in a normal conversation, but I can effectively yell at a lady who is having her five year old open the train door that he isn’t capable of opening as a treat.
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Anger and frustration seem to unlock hidden linguistic talents in me. I can’t speak French in a normal conversation, but I can effectively yell at a lady who is having her five year old open the train door that he isn’t capable of opening as a treat.
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Still laughing at this.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Still laughing at this.
On possible the least Swiss train SBB has to offer. Walked down 7 cars with WCs out of order before finding before finding the only working one where I was 5th in line. If the train hits a delay, the train is officially Deutsche Bahn in disguise.
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On possible the least Swiss train SBB has to offer. Walked down 7 cars with WCs out of order before finding before finding the only working one where I was 5th in line. If the train hits a delay, the train is officially Deutsche Bahn in disguise.
Lausanne marathon complete. Surprisingly hilly, blasted by strong winds in my face at ~KM23-sh for a few kilometers making it difficult to move forward, which is kind of the whole point of the thing. But overall, new personal best by 29 minutes. Wanted to be faster but can’t complain. Bragging done.
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Lausanne marathon complete. Surprisingly hilly, blasted by strong winds in my face at ~KM23-sh for a few kilometers making it difficult to move forward, which is kind of the whole point of the thing. But overall, new personal best by 29 minutes. Wanted to be faster but can’t complain. Bragging done.
The fact that “Data”, “Information”, and “Records” are terms with such flexible and opaque definitions may ultimately be what keeps me steadily employed.
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The fact that “Data”, “Information”, and “Records” are terms with such flexible and opaque definitions may ultimately be what keeps me steadily employed.
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🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4
Apparently two youths outside the fireworks store asked my late-30s husband to pretend to be their dad so they could buy fireworks. The sulk and existential crisis currently happening in my apartment is epic.
October 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Apparently two youths outside the fireworks store asked my late-30s husband to pretend to be their dad so they could buy fireworks. The sulk and existential crisis currently happening in my apartment is epic.
I just saw an amazing film at the Zürich Film Festival: “The Librarians”, about the concerted and conspiratorial efforts in the US to impose white Christian nationalism in public schools and the courageous librarians in the vanguard fighting against it.
Everyone go see it.
Everyone go see it.
September 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I just saw an amazing film at the Zürich Film Festival: “The Librarians”, about the concerted and conspiratorial efforts in the US to impose white Christian nationalism in public schools and the courageous librarians in the vanguard fighting against it.
Everyone go see it.
Everyone go see it.
An observation that has lightened my mood at least: Aldi in Switzerland has really upped their wine game. Would recommend.
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
An observation that has lightened my mood at least: Aldi in Switzerland has really upped their wine game. Would recommend.