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PLASC Steering Committee Twitter Ideas Tracking Chart
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Twitter polls can use up 280 characters in the question field (but less is generally better). You can add a maximum of four choices as answers with each choice having a max. 25 character limit.
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Twitter polls can run for up to 7 days but we have never had any answers come in after the first 24 hours or so.
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Suggested Post/Poll TopicSubjectUsed (Y/N)Date UsedResponse for Future Reference
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Is your institution allowing volunteers and interns back in during COVID? Why or why not?COVID
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Are you back in your office full-time, or still teleworking during COVID?COVID
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What are the COVID restrictions in your communities affecting your archives? Is there a mask mandate where you are?COVID
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Share a favorite image from your archives' holdings and why you enjoy itCollectionY6/10/22
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What new programming has your archives created during the pandemic?Programing
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What workplace destresser has helped you during the pandemic to get through the days at your archives?Mental HealthY2/2/22 (1 PM Eastern)Shared as a post seeking replies. 6 Answers including "harmless workplace pranks", "Listening to You're Wrong About podcast while processing", "helping the @bankstreetlib reshelve childrens books holds a bit of zen (and a soundtrack of @bbc6music helps, too)", "Listening to @zappa classical works", "one word. nugget. (w/ dog pic memes)", "music, caffeinated drinks, and co-workers"
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Some days we just need to vent. Who is more frustrating? Public or administration (feel free to add third options or specific fristrations of the moment in the comments)AdministrationY2/16/22 (12:20 eastern)12 votes. 67% administration, 33% public. two comments including "or the City" and state/government language
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More frustrating Lay persons vs AcademicsResearch
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Do you let people access unprocessed collections? Yes, No, Depends on…If it depends, let us know what conditions or circumstances in the chat.Research1/27/22 (2 PM Eastern)Shared as a poll. 9 votes. 44% Yes, 22% No, 34% "Depends on..." 2 replies mention conditions like "How good the inventory is...", and "we check for privacy concerns (SS#, medical, etc."
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Do you have a photocopy limit?Procedures
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Do you let people bring in their own scanners?ProceduresY3/30/22 (1 PM Eastern)Shared as a poll. 9 votes. 0% yes, 56% no, 44% in special circumstances. 1 comment "but they always ask!"
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How do you explain your job title? Fancy librarian, Actually explain Archivist, Just give in and say “yes, like indiana jones”ProfessionY1/19/22 (Noon Eastern)Shared as a poll. 15 votes. 20% "fancy librarian", 73% "really explain archivist", 7% "yes, like Indiana Jones". 3 replies including "yes, i am like the librarian in 'the Mummy'", "National treasure", and "the confusion when you tell the [sic] Indy was an Archaeologist"
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What’s worse - call sheets with out of order files? Files returned out of order?ProceduresY 4/8/22shared as poll. 7 votes. 29% haphazard call sheets, 71% files returned in chaos
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A thread prompt - Bad medical advice in collections. Could be a newsletter/blog themeCollection
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Are there still mask mandates at your workplace? Please feel free to add comments below. COVID3/2/22 (1PM Eastern)Shared as a poll. 12 votes. 50% Yes 8% yes but not enforced 33% No. they were lifted. 9% Never had one. 1 reply "Missed getting to vote. Ours were lifted on 2/28.
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Test availability at your library?COVIDY1/12/22 (Noon Eastern)Shared as a poll. 17 votes. 18% for "Yes for staff only" , 29% for "Yes, for public", 6% for "Sometimes? It's confusing" and 47% for "Nope". 1 reply.
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Are there notifications in place at your library?COVID
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(monthly venting thread?) Anxiety is running very high at a lot of our institutions. Some days we just need to vent. What is causing you stress at your job right now?Mental HealthY3/10/22Shared as a question encouraging replies. Three answers "Masks are no longer required. The world games are coming and no one has made any provisions. And I just learned a volunteer has a key to the archives?!" "The obvious thing would be...the Board of Health is voting on revoking the mask mandate tonight which will drastically change our workplace. Also, it snowed again just when we could feel signs of spring in the air", "Balancing all the things (screwed up/sour face emoji)". 2 likes on original post. 5 likes on replies.
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Are you seeing the effects of the great resignation locally? Are you seeing support to make up for these absences? Serious delays in rehiring?COVID / StaffY2/11/22Shared as a post with 2 retweets and 3 replies including "the main problem has been the never ending hiring cycles after just promoting people" and "we've been understaffed for ages, and filling the openings does feel slower than susual. Also, lots of admins are leaving for other jobs"
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Does your institution have students, workstudies, interns back?COVID / Staff
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Any changes with Omicron’s light speed spread? Limited Hours or staffing? Closed Reading Rooms or Meeting Rooms?COVIDY1/5/22 (late afternoon Eastern Time)Shared as a post seeking replies. 3 replies (2 by committee members).
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Have you ever had a volunteer be given keys to the Archives?PolicyY3/16/22Share as a poll. 6 votes. 33% yes, 67% no. 1 comment "I think it is completely inappropriate! but i stand alone."
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What is your gloves policy?
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What seemingly obvious thing have you had to tell patrons they absolutely could not do in the archives/reading roomY4/20/22Shared as quote tweet of librarian who had to tell patron they couldn't eat ribs in the spec coll rm. 14 likes, 5 retweets, 5 replies including 'fix the facts in a diary', curl up under research table for a nap, use a document to block a/c vent, put a parchment title deed with seal through the feeder in photocopier, edit and correct spelling of manuscripts.
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Is there anything to a swimsuit issue of the newsletter/blog/whatever we decide to do? We have a ton of fantastic swimming photos that we could put into the newsletter and then highlight on twitter?
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Planning on attending the SAA Annual Meeting this summer?Events5/11/22Shared as poll. received 11 votes (18% yes...in person 18% yes...virtually, 9% no, 55% can't think past today)
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Lightning Talks appealAnnouncementsY5/14/22received 3 likes
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Finding Aid blog announcementAnnouncementsY5/23/22received 3 likes
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Finding Aid blog second announcementAnnouncementsY5/25/22received 3 likes
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What is the most quirky archival item you have in your collections? FunY9/14/222 likes; 1 rt
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What archival format do you hate working with the most and why?FunY9/21/22
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What is your favorite archival format to work with and why?Fun
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What new research requests/topics are you seeing this calendar year at
your archives?
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Retweet (promote) what libraries/archives are doing for Archives Month (October)General
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What social media platform and post or theme has generated the most interest among your followers? (e.g. Facebook - staff introductions; Instagram #tbt; TikTok book fort speed build)General
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Are you encountering more younger researchers at your archives not be able
to read cursive handwriting in documents? How do you handle it?
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Best archives job advice you ever got?General
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