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by Sarah Roark Schott, former Head Editor, INALJ Arizona
\n<\/a>previously published 6\/18\/13<\/em><\/p>\n

Do You Have Business Cards?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"SarahRoarkSchottINALJ\"<\/a>Like many of the new archivists I know, I am a contract project archivist.<\/strong> This means I am only guaranteed two years of work at the institution I work with right now, not an employee who is expected to stick around for my entire archives career. That is fine, I did not expect to enter into my dream forever job right out of school. However, it does mean the institution I work for has not been proactive about ordering business cards for my position. Although I would really love to have that little official symbol at the bottom of the card I hand out, it does not mean I just pass out little scraps of paper with my email and phone number to everyone I meet at conferences or in social situations.<\/p>\n

Once I was sure my employer probably wasn\u2019t going to order cards for me, I started looking for alternative ways of ordering some for myself. Since I am pretty sure I am not allowed to just slap my institution\u2019s symbol on an unofficial card, I decided to come up with something that would be a good representative of who I am as a young, excited, and professional project archivist.<\/strong> In addition, I needed to think about what information to put on my card. Did I want to keep it simple with my name, email address, and title? Or did I want to go all out and turn my card into a mini-resume or something in between the two?<\/p>\n

Here are the sites I checked out for cards:<\/p>\n