She/her. Archivist, historian, cat mom. Teach MLIS. Working on a PhD. Chronically exhausted.https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3memufu7jos24Today the ISU judges said to every girl in the world "Don't speak up if you are assaulted. Don't speak up if you are being threatened, abused, or harassed. Not only will we not believe you, we'll give a gold medal to those who discredit you & stick by your abuser."12 Feb 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3memufu7jos24https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3mcfat4dvpk26I listened to a story on NPR, possibly "The World" about how blind people navigate airports and the lack of accessibility both inside airplanes and in the terminals. Now I can't find it anywhere. Anyone have a beat on it?14 Jan 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfat4dvpk26https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3m7qtjqueik2x@thestorygraph.com Disappointed in the countries for 2026's Read the World Challenge. 5 European countries but no South American or Pacific nations? Only one Asian country? I know it's only 10 countries, but I feel like there could have been more geographic diversity.12 Dec 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qtjqueik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3m6f7za7nys2dSo frustrated. Professor gave me a list of 20+ sources to explore on a topic. Over half don't exist. DOI links are either to an unrelated article or don't exist. ChatGPT at work? #PhDLife24 Nov 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f7za7nys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3m53hscfvws2qFriends, what's the level of formality in dress at European GLAM conferences? I am going to MTSR in Greece in December and I'm trying to figure out how fancy I should be. #archiveslife #archives #libraries #conferencss08 Nov 2025 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53hscfvws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3m4eonr3xs22pMet with my advisor and member of my committee today. Advisor: super excited about topic, asks for her homework to help me. Other member: "Yeah, I don't think that will work. But I'm not here to tell you what to do. I'm here to listen." 🙃 #PhDLife30 Oct 2025 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4eonr3xs22phttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3m3nunau4kk2uConference told me they'd let me know today if my paper was accepted. How long do I give them before I politely email asking for an answer? These international flights for the week before Christmas aren't getting any cheaper! #AcademicSky #ArchivesLife20 Oct 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nunau4kk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3ly2jw2bfus2uWe recently lost our Florida Studies Curator to a tragic death. He was working on something about Jose Gaspar and Gasparilla before his death. I hope to write my class paper on pirates and dedicate it to him.05 Sep 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2jw2bfus2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3ltfdosu3wk2oMy GLAM folks, what non-US conference have you found most helpful? Bonus points if it's focused on metadata. I'm weighing between a conference in Thessaloniki and one in Bristol. 📜📚07 Jul 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfdosu3wk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lt677wh2yc2fI have an article idea about linking between catalogs/repositories and ArchivesSpace. Problem is it's too long for Archival Outlook but going to be too short for a journal. Any ideas for places? 📜📚04 Jul 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt677wh2yc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lsn4sh2vik25Any of my fellow GLAM folks doing National Article Writing Month with @libwrtcoop.bsky.social? Hoping to get another idea down into a tangible form in July! 📜28 Jun 2025 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsn4sh2vik25https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lrr3n2llhc2qI've got an article almost ready to submit but after it was rejected very harshly the first time, I'd love for someone to take a look. Any #skystorians who do German, WW2, Soviet, or education history want to take a quick read for me?16 Jun 2025 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr3n2llhc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lqryuzh2wc2vToday's opinion: Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" is one of the greatest songs of all time. What's on your list?04 Jun 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqryuzh2wc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lqkn2cpil22mI've been trying to read more around the world this year. In May I checked off books set in and written by authors from Cyprus, Trinidad, Iraq, and Antigua. I attempted a book from Azerbaijan but gave up about 80 pages in.01 Jun 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqkn2cpil22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lpne5yvxps27I'm transitioning departments and my new role will have a lot more of a research component. On the one hand I am super excited to get to deep dive into the collections. On the other hand, our library is downsizing and I'm not sure I'll survive the cuts.21 May 2025 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpne5yvxps27https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lnawwxpe3c2sI have been struggling mightily with motivation the past few weeks. What's the point writing the metadata if I'm gonna lose my job or someone orders it taken down? My therapist tried to remind me my work matters. It's important. And one day it won't be like this.20 Apr 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnawwxpe3c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lmwr6yhydc2rWell that's a new one. Article rejected for a journal; reviewer said the writing was so bad it was like it was written by someone who didn't speak English. Not only in English my first language, this was an approved chapter of my MA thesis.16 Apr 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwr6yhydc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lmvavg35yc2cEveryone, we need something lovely and pretty in our lives. So have a SnapCat #CatsofBlueSky #Cats15 Apr 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvavg35yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lmfnyx3pnk23Just submitted another chapter of my thesis for publication in a journal. Hopefully one of them will get accepted! #skystorians09 Apr 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfnyx3pnk23https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3llynrau6vs2cHey fellow #skystorians - how long do you wait for an article to be reviewed before pulling it and trying at a different journal? I have an article I submitted almost a year ago that hasn't gone to reviewers yet and I'm wondering if I should pull and submit elsewhere.04 Apr 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llynrau6vs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3llm2fvyjqc2w@fobettarh.bsky.social Just wanted to thank you again for your Vocational Awe article. I was just at a conference of public historians and the concept was alive and well in several panels. You truly wrote an article that applies to many in the humanities.30 Mar 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llm2fvyjqc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lli6okesj22oConference has been rough. I've been in pain with my right knee and then today did the same patella popping out of place to my left. I also don't have the mental stamina for 12 hours of conferencing in a day multiple days in a row. Things to definitely consider for future conferences #NCPH202529 Mar 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lli6okesj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lld3ig7is22yBack from a very delicious Syrian meal at Le Petit Alep. English was my waiter's third language so he described something as being "eggbush" instead of "eggplant" but otherwise that's been the only language mixup. Still getting used to being greeted in French.27 Mar 2025 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lld3ig7is22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3llcrqjm27k2gAt some point I have to stop collecting PDFs and actually read them. Or, is this secretly what all PhD students do and that whole dissertation thing is a scam to help out ink sales? #thatPhDLife26 Mar 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcrqjm27k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3llc2atztps26Checking out Montreal bagels at St. Viateur. I know I'll get flak for it, but they are delicious and dare I say better than an NYC bagel?26 Mar 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llc2atztps26https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3ll6shgzuu223The only reason I am up at 3:30 this morning is to head off to the airport for #NCPH2025! So excited to be in Montreal and be with some of the best. Of course my Florida-based bones are gonna freeze but at least I'll have a blast doing so!25 Mar 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll6shgzuu223https://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lkyqf3b7ts2fI've got a day and a half to kill before NCPH in Montreal this week. Hit me up with recommendations for noms, haunts, and museums!22 Mar 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyqf3b7ts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/annieca.bsky.social/post/3lk7im6upvs2sAt a conference today that was interdisciplinary, which was both interesting and humbling. I have so many notes along the lines of "What the heck is critical fabulation?"12 Mar 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:mxadraf7t3dfipd2yykxags3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7im6upvs2s