[Themaintainers] The (almost) secret workshops below Capitol Hill

[Aaron Alcorn]

At Living Computers, our mission is based on public access and use of our collections, so in many respects we are as much a museum of maintenance as we are one devoted to the history of computing. We employ 8 engineers full-time to restore our systems and keep the place running. And because parts can be hard to come by, the team goes to great lengths to design/manufacture replacements.

It’s not a bookcase, but it is craft knowledge nonetheless.

--Aaron


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From: themaintainers-bounces at lists.stevens.edu <themaintainers-bounces at lists.stevens.edu> On Behalf Of Lee Vinsel
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 8:43 AM
To: Casey Boardman <casey.boardman at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Themaintainers] The (almost) secret workshops below Capitol Hill

Thanks very much for sending this out, Casey. I love the interviews.

When I arrived at Virginia Tech, I asked my department chair if I could get a few more bookcases, figuring they'd just order some from IKEA or wherever. Because our space is a bit unique, however, the solution turned out to be having crafts-people employed at Virginia Tech make custom cases for my office. I was surprised - baffled might be more accurate - to learn that the university had such expertise on hand.

It'd be interesting to learn what other large organizations employ internal crafts-persons.

Best,

Lee

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 10:05 AM Casey Boardman <casey.boardman at gmail.com<mailto:casey.boardman at gmail.com>> wrote:
The (almost) secret workshops below Capitol Hill
By Kimberly Adams
http://www.marketplace.org/2019/01/09/elections/almost-secret-workshops-below-capitol-hill
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