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, crying 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 meanings for the word.
launch as in boats? for shore!
we always have that sinking feeling before a launch because ship happens
Launch (boat) – Wikipedia
Submission by Poitier Porker
To re-organise an airline company (for better launches?), consider the filing cabinet.
Submission by The re-birth of staples
The best kind of launches involve balloons.
Submission by Yoda
You mean lunch?
Submission by Death to the vowel
(Photograph of the processing room – Lab18)
Lights, laptop, Launch. A lab at night, awake and bright, too much coffee, printing for the launch 🙂
Submission by T-minus 7