Resumen de Editor’s Note: Work Is Work

Diane Dias De Fazio

• In the autumn, my Editor’s note was, in part, an accounting of the work we’d done, and a hesitant pledge in uncertain times. Writing in February to be read in May or June now seems less soaked in doubt, though we are awash in uncertainty.

  Developing this issue took over a year, and what a difference a year made. This issue brings dauntless authors, who collectively took an honest look at the special collections profession and—despite revealing uncomfortable truths—herein provide pathways, for all of us who nonetheless want to remain working in archives and special collections, to demand better for ourselves, our colleagues, and the future of the field. Melanie Griffin, Yuzhou Bai, and Ruth Xing helped me critically assess my own workplace, and worth