Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor
Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor

Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor

Recorded April 29, 2016 36:43 minutes
Abigail Grotke and Nicole Saylor
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Description

Nicole Saylor (46) interviews her colleague, Abigail Grotke (48), about becoming a web archivist at the Library of Congress and her alter ego, Miss Abigail, where she wrote a column giving classic advice to modern day problems.

Subject Log / Time Code

2:09
- Abbie Grotke (AG) talks about going into Art History and Cultural Heritage.
4:31
- AG talks about creating content - outside of work - in the web.
6:03
- AG talks about working in the Library of Congress.
11:43
- AG talks about working for the web archiving project at its infancy.
19:54
- AG shares how she archives a website.
23:17
- AG talks about what she loves about her job.
25:22
- AG talks about her alter ego, Miss Abigail, who writes an advice column.
30:22
- AG describes Miss Abigail.
35:50
- AG wants to devote more time to help researchers use the collections at the Library of Congress.

Participants

  • Abigail Grotke
  • Nicole Saylor

Recording Locations

The Library of Congress

Venue / Recording Kit

Partnership

Partnership Type

Outreach