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I joined the archives as a subject-matter expert in physics, to help create metadata – essentially information about the existing digitized archival materials that makes it easier to be discovered, managed, and preserved. My role was to look at physics-related material at the archives through the lens of someone trained in the field. During my first few days, I found myself reading every word on every page – all the scribbles, all the side notes – like someone trying to solve a mystery that didn’t exist. Before I knew it, I’d wander far from where I started. I told my… read more
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A scientist, a snail researcher, and a historian observe and reflect on one object – a map belonging to neurobiologist K S Krishnan. The map is one of the many papers that document a collaborative project during the early 2000s, initiated by K S Krishnan to collect cone snails from across the east and west coastline of India and study its venom for therapeutic purpose. Samira Sheikh is a historian of South Asia. She works at Vanderbilt University as an Associate Professor of History and is the Obaid Siddiqi Chair for 2025-2026 at the Archives at NCBS. Her research interests… read more
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ARCHIVES IN FRAMES
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February is archives at its busiest. Anyone dropping by the space will find the team running down corridors with a trolley full of boxes, frantically removing staple pins, chugging down sugar with extra coffee, drowning in front of spreadsheets, and having meetings after meetings because the big ol’ “launch” is approaching. In Archives at NCBS vocabulary, the “launch” is the annual public event where the team presents archival collections that they have processed throughout the year along with a new exhibition. This month’s ‘Archives in Frames’ features the team digging through the catalog (and their phone gallery) to find other… read more
The Silverfish is a project by the Archives at NCBS to share ideas, reflections, and experiences of individuals who have engaged with the archives and its collections. These are presently in the form of articles by archivists and researchers. But we are hoping to expand our scope and are open to entries by anyone who has a story to tell about the archives. This can be in formats across text and visual media. If you are interested in contributing,
write to archives-outreach@ncbs.res.in.