Baghdad - July 31, 2004
Caught a glimpse of the darker side of the Green Zone the other night. As I mentioned in my previous e-mail, I had started getting to know the Lebanese guards who protect our offices and living quarters. The ones who guard us seem to be decent guys. However, some of the others are into questionable activities.
Today begins a journey to Boston, not one of political campaigns but a road trip of new archivists from the University of Maryland College Park. Members of the group Student Archivists at Maryland (SAM) will leave this afternoon and begin their collective and individual trek into new professional territory–the Society of American Archivists conference.
The meeting will hopefully help the student group build connections with professionals and also contribute to next year’s programming, as well as help those students already looking for work and publishing opportunities. For a number of us, this will be our first SAA conference. This blogger anticipates no shortage of topics to report.
Also, upon my return will be the first blog in the human rights series, despite a little reporting difficulty.
