Category Archives: special collections

Processing the Educational Cookery Collection, Part 3

by archivistkira Posted on October 13, 2017

As promised, this week we’re at the end of processing the Educational Cookery Collection (yay)! And, I remembered to take pictures while I was working on the collection this week, so there are plenty of visuals below! After all that alphabetical sorting last week, I ended up with a stack of 16 folders that look, …

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Special Collections is on Twitter!

by archivistkira Posted on November 13, 2015

Just a quick announcement: Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives has joined Twitter! If you tweet, follow, or just want to check out our page, you can find us @VT_SCUA or at https://twitter.com/VT_SCUA/. We’ll be tweeting photos, facts, exhibits, events, blog posts, and more. Of course we’ll be including things about and from the History of […] Continue reading →

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Archivistkira’s Week at Culinary Geek Camp

by archivistkira Posted on July 24, 2015

If you’re a long-time follower, I hoe you’ll forgive me for going a bit more off track than usual this week. You know that usually I would post images and commentary/history on an item from the History of Food and Drink Collection. The thing is, last week, I got to do something amazing and 100% […] Continue reading →

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Cora Bolton McBryde’s Cookbook

by archivistkira Posted on July 25, 2014

Some of our readers may know (and some of you may not) that Special Collections has a second blog. Launched in January 2014, it highlights materials from all of our collecting areas and features contributions from all our staff. Last week, our university archivist wrote a post about a handwritten cookbook we acquired last year. It […] Continue reading →

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Your typing teacher isn’t relevant: Double spacing after a period is wrong

by Library websites blog Posted on March 28, 2014

If you learned typing on a typewriter, you were taught to double space after a period. This was because typewriters used mono-spaced fonts like Courier with each letter and punctuation symbol the same width, meaning periods could be hard to distinguish… Continue reading →

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Check inbound links before moving or deleting that web page

by Library websites blog Posted on March 24, 2014

Changes to the website happen all the time, but when moving a page from one directory to another or deleting a page altogether, you’ll want to know what other pages link to it, so you can be sure those link either continue to work, or are removed so th… Continue reading →

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Additional principles for the websites

by Library websites blog Posted on March 17, 2014

New content continues to be added to the website. Recently completed sections include copyright and spaces. In addition to our existing style guide, a few additional principle are guiding how new content is put together and presented to the public. Continue reading →

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Mark Your Calendars!

by archivistkira Posted on August 22, 2013

There will be a new feature post this week (a little late), but in the meantime, here’s a heads up! Once again, Special Collections will be hosting a series of four (that’s right FOUR!) Open House evenings during the Fall 2013 semester. (See the flyer below.) Among the materials on display will be some more […] Continue reading →

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Library jargon

by Library websites blog Posted on August 9, 2013

One of the most common tenets for creating library websites is to avoid library jargon. I’m not sure I agree with this completely; after all, no chemistry instructor would say his students would learn more if he avoided technical chemistry terms. Still, we can lessen confusion by using more common terminology when ever possible.

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Women’s History Month Profiles, Part 1: Maria Parloa (1843-1909)

by archivistkira Posted on March 6, 2013

March, as some of you may know, is Women’s History Month. While a good portion of what we talk about on this blog relates to women’s history, it seems like a good opportunity to explore the contributions of some authors, educators, and cooks (and sometimes, all three at once!). Each week this month, we’ll share […] Continue reading →

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