Gary Brannan, the archivist helping people access history - 101 Jobs That Change the World (Ep 13)
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2021
- Taking care of historical collections comes with a lot of responsibility - not just preserving them for future generations, but making sure they're available to people in the here and now.
Meet Gary Brannan. As Keeper of Archives and Special Collections at the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, he's part of a team caring for a vast collection of historical material. The oldest document in his care dates back to the 11th Century, and more is being added all the time.
A major part of Gary Brannan's work is helping people access the archive's collections: from senior international researchers working on a major book about history, to York undergrads preparing an essay, or even locals researching their family. Whatever they need - remote digital access, or help interpreting an old text - Gary is there to help.
"There's nothing nicer when you find that something that you've brought in or cared for or provided access to, or your team has provided access to has informed major works," says Gary. "I think that's brilliant."
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Gary Brannan. Husband, historian, fully toilet trained. What a man
I, personally, have achieved two of these three, which is not bad.
@@jvanyai how is the toilet training going?
@@leighalderton1851 very close to actual progress!
_gasp_
I’ve wet ‘em
Unfortunately, you can never know if someone was fully toilet trained until they're dead. Perhaps everybody's favourite Gary Brannan has one more accident left in him...
I can only imagine what goes through the minds of the 17 people unfamiliar with TechDif that read all those comments about everyone's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.
After watching the video I imagine it is "You know these people are right, he really is everyones favourite Gary Brannan."
It is very weird to see him wear a tie.
I'm one of those 17, but it's nice to see everyone in the comments so wholeheartedly supportive of this knowledgeable professional who does such useful archive work and also apparently other things not appearing in this video involving... red shirts and Wikipedia controversies? Or something? I'm in the dark there, but I suppose he's now my favorite Gary Brannan, too, by default (I know none other)
@@MusikCassette and not riffing
@@bricabroccoli He's been part of a modestly successful comedy group, "The Technical Difficulties" aka TechDiff, since uni. Their most famous show, 'Citation Needed', was a panel show where they joke about Wikipedia articles. One of the other members is infamous for always wearing red t-shirts.
Amazing to see what everyone's favourite Gary Brannan gets up to in his day job.
Absolutely. I did a UA-cam search of his name to find something silly I had in mind, saw this and immediately watched it. From what snippets we get on TechDif, it sounds interesting, and it's great to get more in-depth on that. Fascinating stuff that he is very well-spoken about.
It's weird not seeing him in a hoodie.
@@ianclarke6665 or swearing.
@@sordorel true that.
We're there any technical difficulties making this though?
Our favourite Garry Brannan is very professional when he isn’t making knob jokes
true
They were just edited out
@@angelbear_og LMAO
Oh, I think you'll find that he's very professional even when he's making knob jokes.
Yeah almost weird seeing him so serious!!
Because Tom didn't introduce him, I am now not sure if this is my favorite Garry Brannan, or some other Garry Brannan.
I know it’s difficult to tell without all the knob gags but I can assure you that this is everyone’s favourite Gary Brannon
@@adamkirsopp492 Its Gary Brannon
This is obviously a decoy Garry Brannan. Your favorite Garry Brannan is NOT that well-spoken, and a lot more flatulent.
Ask him to do goose on a train noises.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Extra Thumbs Up.
What a nice looking fella. I wonder if he spends his free time trying to convince some man in a red shirt that he's not lying about a wikipedia article
Or maybe he's trying to convince the red shirt man that he's lying about a Wikipedia article, just for a laugh.
i wonder what he knows about the festival of the ass
@@chaiznt Why would you want that?
@@zionm. Why would you want that? (now in stereo)
@@chaiznt Mystery biscuits!
Tom Scott needs to do a 'Plus' video where he goes to Uni York under some archival premise where Brannan stays in character. Being on Brannans turf, the in jokes, the straight faces, it would be brilliant.
Thumbs up if you only clicked because it’s your favourite Gary Brannan!
He's everyone favourite!
@@UKResearchandInnovation I was going to like that comment, but that would have ticked it up to 70 likes and I couldn’t help but think that would somehow disappoint Gary.
@@awmperry I ruined it for you, liked anyway
Also, can you imagine just being a bloke called Gary Brannon, going about your day, and finding this, that some other guy is everyone's favourite Gary Brannon?
@@christafranken9170 Well, that depends. What if the bloke named Gary Brannon met everyone's favorite Gary Brannon and thought to themselves, "I can see why he's everyone's favorite."?
O/' Mystery Biscuits..!!. O/' (you just sang that, didn't you? )
It’s everyone’s favourite Gary Brannan!
God that profile picture rocks.
@@ddbsiblings7265 I was about to say the same thing!
@@ddbsiblings7265 must include into the 'one of the phi-nest profile picture' list
[trans pride math icon high five]
@@Tesseract_King i was thinking Trans-Poly xd
For once I think Gary is telling the truth...
Oh no. We got to strike a line through that statement right off the bat.
It can't be, this isnt finnish
@@heyoitskram5748 LOLLLLL
Is the archive a little bit down from Tromsø?
@@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays Just far enough away enough that they can't hear the funereal nose-flutes
absolutely love that I have also watched this man attempt to silently fart, fail at the silent part, and then absolutely lose it laughing for two whole minutes. the duality of man.
the fact that we have seen this man nearly lose his ability to breathe over the phrase "bob's full bogs" and what that would entail
@@maddie_1122 Don't forget the immediatly classic "I share [my knowledge] liberally, like syphillis"
What video is that from? I'd love to watch it
@@j.g.9045 ua-cam.com/video/nnz9DCk80XY/v-deo.html - it's the bonus material from s2 e1, Thomas Trueblood and the Ridiculous Marathon, although in a weird mixup it got linked at the end of the Cake Black Holes episode instead. It is honest to god one of my favorite pieces of video on the entire internet.
@@j.g.9045 I don't remember which but probably one of the citation needed videos over on toms channel
Love seeing Gary, all dressed up, talking slowly and eloquently about a thing that he clearly loves, in the know that this man can do a damn fine goose impression.
and a train too. I wonder about a goose on a train though.
@@justincenter4061
GOOSE! *honk
A TRAIN! *horn 2x
@@justincenter4061 definately not a goose on a train impression, maybe goose on a train though
Don't forget a cruise liner shagging an oil tanker
goose on a TRAIN
"Clunk, clunk, clunkcluck! Archivist gear engaged. Everybody else, shut up, i know the answer"
I will admit that I clicked this for Gary,but unironically his job seems incredibly interesting,he's my favourite Gary Brannan even more now.
Anything related to archeology and sociology are fascinating. It's the most interesting kind of introspection of the state of humanity, since you get to look back through the veil of time and gain an understanding of how society functioned, how the world was, hundreds and even thousands of years ago. Of course, you do need to do your studies to equip yourself with the relevant mental tools to correlate a bunch of documents with each other, figure out who wrote what and when, if there are corroborating texts from known first-hand sources, whether the second or third-hand sources you find could be useful, and how to synthesize everything together into a workable depiction of the events of the time. There are many days where I regret not trying to major in archeology with a focus on archival work.
Came to see my favorite Gary Brannan, stayed because his job is incredibly fascinating
They added it later after the comments.
Of all the Gary Brannans out there, this one is definitely my favorite
I like to get traits from other people that I aspire to have myself, and Gary Brannan's wit and genuine love of knowledge is absolutely one of them. Man is a delight
Yes! Honestly the show was a lot of laughs but the information those guys know and can talk about is just so fascinating
Every time one of them gets a chance to talk about something he is particularly interested in and therefore knows way more about than the average person, it’s a joy to listen to.
I saw the episode with the "Clunk clunk archivist mode activated, everyone shut up, I know the answer" just the other day, but Gary was way less sharply dressed in that one.
Don't forget that in one of Tech Dif, it was mentioned that he lives in history.
The fact the thumbnail calls him everyone's favourite archivist shows they know he's everyone's favourite
I hope Gary prepared/informed the channel what was going to happen in the comments. Otherwise I'm sure they were quite surprised.
We are very happy to see you all!
@@UKResearchandInnovation Good call on having his internet fame boost this video. If you're gonna put anyone in it, it has to be Gary 😃
Next up I'm half expecting to see Chris Joel on the RSPB channel.
@@TomOConnor-BlobOpera i would love that. Gary takes a lot of spotlight (which is great, he is a funny man), but I’d love to see more of chris
@@TomOConnor-BlobOpera Ornith!
Built for leisure, not for speed.
You are clearly a person of culture.
Yet he's also like a speedboat, only less wet.
This is what I came for.
There we go. The deep cut references
*MYSTERY BISCUITS* (oh yes)
I must say, I found it quite relaxing to listen to Gary Brannan talk about serious topics, having seen much of the fun material he has been part of otherwise here on UA-cam. Nice to learn more about his workplace and his kind of work. (Yes, I know it has been mentioned in his appearances with the Technical Difficulties episodes. I am just a tad late to seeing this video.)
Glad you enjoyed it!
It especially removes the dusty image we have about archives!
@@ThePixel1983 archives are not allowed to have dust. it damages the items :) to say nothing about readers.
@@p1rgit "Gary, can you please dust the readers in section 4?" 😂
@@ThePixel1983 *you had
"Everyone's favorite archivist"
That's definitely a Citation Needed reference right
Even in a waistcoat and a tie, I was still half expecting a nob joke or an impression of goose on a train.
i love that gary has 2 wonderful sides: incredibly professional and passionate about his job, and corpsing for 5 minutes at the thought of the toilet version of Bob's Full House
Ahh, wonderful, everyone's favourite Gary Brannan in his natural habitat
Fascinating to see what everybody's favourite Gary Brannan does outside of TechDif! 😃
Now I want to see what He Reads Books You Know It's Chris Joes does in his job
@@electron8262 Yeah, Toast is the only one we've yet to see out of context...
@@flyingfiddler90q never happened
@@flyingfiddler90q Never. Happened.
@@flyingfiddler90q never happened.
I don’t know if UKRI selected Gary with the knowledge that he would bring this level of internet attention to their incredibly valuable and important video series, or if they were surprised about the Technical Difficulties fans bombarding the comments section with jokes about everybody’s favorite Gary Brannan. Either way, I hope fans of the Technical Difficulties stick around and watch the other videos in this project, as it’s a magnificent series!
How have I been at York University for nearly a year and a half and not known he's *been here the WHOLE TIME!?*
Yes. He did move back to York before you matriculated.
@@ragnkja Oops. I read that as micturated. Considerably different scenario.
@@matthewharris-levesque5809 the funny thing is I know not the meaning of either word you and Ragnhild said
@@demonking86420 Well, one means signing up for a program, the other mean peeing. Suggest learning which is which before you use them.
I don't know about you, but this is certainly MY favourite Gary Brannan!
No way! He's my favourite too!
Same! Yo… do you think he might be _everybody’s_ favorite gary brannan?
I just love the fact that most of the channel's videos have like, 200 views, and then this one video about archiving work has almost 30k, just because it's everybody's favorite Gary Brannan.
Up to 42k right now. I'm going to intentionally give the rest of the channel a look - if everyone's favourite Gary Brannan is willing to make a video with them, they can't be that bad.
Everybody's favorite Garry Brannan, Garry Brannan
Edit: I love how one of the tags on this video is literally techdif
And this is why he's the internet favorite Gary Brannan
Clicked because Gary Brannan. Chuckled at him looking slightly uncomfortable just standing there. Took a good listen to what he said. We need more people like him to show that jobs that sound bland and boring can actually be very entertaining and rewarding. Also, anyone who says archivists are boring has never seen him on TechDif.
His knowledge on completely random stuff is astounding.
And the fact that you can almost see a lightbulb go on above his head, when something rings a bell in his mind is always funny.
@@EphorosArchivist gear engaged!
This cracks me up because he's a genuinely knowledgeable and serious guy here but all I can think is "I'm in the old-fashioned bustle my grandmother wore"
"coming up on ITV 1, join stephen mulhern in GET OUT, THATS MY TROUT"
@@XaviMacBash Have you ever seen your Granny passing water, down by the old Mill stream? She pisses for an hour and a quarter, and you can't see her arse for steam!
@@richardharrold9736 Three speeds, and only one of them reverse.
@@GumSkyloard Powerglide.
@@richardharrold9736 Nice to see you, to see you *_NICE_*
It’s everybody’s favourite Gary Brannan Gary Brannan
*insert long monologue here*
This Earth of majesty. This seat of Mars. This other Eden Demi-paradise. A fortress created by nature for herself. This blessed plot. This Earth. This realm. This KITCHEN
Have you ever seen your granny passing water down by the old mill stream.
@@Hawkwreak she pisses for an hour and a quarter, and you can't see her arse for steam!
THREE SPEEDS *_and only one of them reverse.._*
So the vicar, with a sickly smile, shook hands with the monkey and could never look a banana in the face again
Gary Brennan actually got me interested in archival work. I'm thinking about becoming one myself because I find it fascinating. Thank you!
This is brilliant to hear!
Our favourite Gary brannan
This is so weird, like I’m so use to seeing Gary cracking jokes and now I’m wondering how many serious people we see be it in person or on TV who have a otherwise hidden great sense of humour and make their friends and family laugh.
probably the majoraty. Most people are more intersting when you know them from more than one context.
I’ve been curious about what Gary gets up to since the first time he mentioned being an archivist. I’m pursuing a degree in libraries and archives and it’s so cool to see what the future holds. Great video!
So glad you enjoyed it!
It is both quite odd, and oddly satisfying, seeing everybody's favourite Gary Brannon, Gary Brannon in his natural habitat, outside of the TechDiff space. Seeing him with a smile on that isn't preceding a witty riposte or a nob gag is hard to get used to, but also wonderful. It is also satisfying to know, seeing him rifle through the archives as he does, that I actually know a few of the things that are in there thanks to Branners' archivist tangents on TechDiff. Still, I just can't watch this video without half expecting him to look at the camera and shout, "Archivist facts! This is what you came here for!"
Honestly, this is highly interesting! Always thought that archive work was just about locking old stuff away and occasionally letting people in to sift through records. Even though I clicked on this for Gary himself, I had quite a bit of curiousity for his line of work. Always knew that there was more to it, but never actually got the chance to learn more. Thanks for the video!
You're very welcome!
The role of Gary Brannan played by everybody's favorite, Gary Brannan.
Okay, now do Goose on a Train.
If I’m ever lucky enough to meet one of the TechDif crew I plan on asking for a 5th sound to be added to the list. As of now we have:
Goose
Train
Goose on a train
Goose getting hit by a train
And I think it would very funny to see what he does with “Goose getting hit ON by a train”
He’s done cruise ship shagging an oil tanker! Man can do _anything_
@@adamkirsopp492 at that point Chris pipes in with his Ringo impression
*honk*
Came because I saw Gary Brannon in the title, stayed because that's fascinating that you can just do that as a job.
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a massive nerd that worked in archives & collections at my own university for a while, I enjoyed this. (I did vastly different, far less hands on work with much newer items, but loved listening in to the professionals nerd out over a new acquission or new restoration project) Whenever everyone's favorite Gary Brannan gets to engage archivist mode, my smile gets bigger because you can tell just how much he loves what he does! He's a truly awesome ambassador for the important work that archivists do around the globe. I'm also an amateur genealogist so I've sent inquiries to a fair number... some definitely have the vibe that they rather preserve the document than access to the document, so it was refreshing to hear Mr. Brannan discuss the importance of access, hands on/digital/via inquiry it doesn't matter. Information is what's important.
None of us would object to a series of everyone's favorite Gary Brannan showing some of his favorites of the archive & explaining why... just saying.
3/4 the chat: It’s everyone’s favourite Gary Brannan!... Other 1/4: What?
Less than that out of the 63 I have seen as of my reply there have only been 4 that don't specifically reference those shows. I can't even be sure if they don't know about them.
I've always pictured Gary's archivist job as him working in an old clerk office with wooden drawers fill of cards, like Terry Google and sons
I love that the thumbnail says "Everyone's favourite archivist"
I can't stop imagining the conversation around Gary trying to warn these interviewers what was about to happen to their comments section.
Everyone's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan professional attitude is a huge contrast to his really funny side on TechDif, also a very fascinating job.
Love for Gary aside, this was honestly a really interesting and enjoyable video!
We're glad you enjoyed it (although we're pretty sure Gary's got lots of objects in his archive he *didn't* tell us about)
@@UKResearchandInnovation is this a knob gag? I think Gary would be very impressed
@@adamkirsopp492 I would only expect high-brow humour like knob gags from high-brow institutions.
@@UKResearchandInnovation Then get Brady Harran to do an Objectivity video from York!
I don’t know if our favourite Gary Brannan has dressed up for the occasion, or if he dresses down for the TechDif shows. Either way, Gaz looks most resplendent in his vest and tie.
Built for leisure, not for speed, it's everybody's favourite Gary Brannan! 😯
All those years of watching Tech Dif have shown me that Gary has a great combination of humour and insightfulness, telling an obscure but genuinely interesting fact, and then following it up with a knob joke 😆 And for all the times his archivist job has been brought up in the shows, I've never actually seen what that entails, so thank you very much for making this video!
There might be some Citiation Needed for this, except for the fact that he's everyone's favorite Gary Brannan. That's already proven fact.
Recommended by the algorithm while getting my breakfast, clicked to watch Gary in a suit, found a whole channel of interesting content and have subscribed so I can find it after I finish work.
I just got into thinking that I may want to be an archivist and in doing research I find out that my favorite Garry Brannon, Garry Brannon is an archivist makes me %1000 percent more interested in becoming an archivist. Mystery Biscuit for you mate!
I REALLY wanted to work in this field. I used to share Gary's passion for preserving and providing access to information. But I got my undergrad, got a job, and then realized in the US there's next to no chance of making a good living in this field. This video made me miss the work I used to do.
Gary also said "don't do it, there's no money in it" in that Park Bench video with the Tech Dif 🥲
Borthwick Institute for Archives... keeping and preserving The Gary Brannan so that the future might learn from him.
Gary must be kept for all eternity. Humanity needs him.
He’s like King Arthur. He’ll come back when humanity needs him most
I didn't recognize him by name, but, looking at the thumbnail, I did have that, _"Do I remember him from somewhere?"_ feeling.
When I heard "archive" it all came back together.
Mr. Brannan does good work
Presumably while on the job, he does _not_ do the TotPAL thing of sounding like he's talking out his arse while presenting truthful information.
It is so weird seeing Gary in more formal clothes and talking very nicely and calmly unlike what you get used to with our favourite Gary Brennan, Gary Brennan
I love Gary, even if there is a 2/3 chance he is actually lying.
Where's the archive of Cat (Kitten) videos?
I'd love to see Gary Brannan on Objectivity, the archive nerdiness would go through the roof
EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE GARY BRANNAN, GARY BRANNAÑNNNNN
Gary's never going to give us up, Gary's never going to let us down...
It's everyone's favourite Gary Brannon, Gary Brannon
If any of you reading this are a high schooler needing to do a paper on code switching or similar, take this video, and then compare it to- like, anything on the TechDif channel or Matt and Tom and fly with it
Maybe there's a document in the archive that can tell us why Chris was called Toast
That will not be in the archives, because it...
Never happened!
I noticed the other day when rewatching for the umpteenth time, the season shot under the stairs is at Chris's house, there is little in the kitchen except a very fancy looking toaster. say what you like, but this is clearly a man that takes his toast very seriously. Coincidence? I think not.
Didn't happen
Wow, its everyone's favourite Gary Brannan, dressed in something else than a sweatshirt!!! Class!
This is indeed my favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.
This is my favourite Gary Brannan I think
Don't know how I got here, but seeing Gary is a nice change of pace!
Thought this was on my recommended page because the comments were going to be filled with Magnus Archives references but no it my favorite Gary Brannan
I'm not sur if I ought to apologize for the TechDiff invasion here or suggest you use Gary's public persona outside archives for publicity. He might become someone like Irving Finkle if you let him.
Irving Finkel: Assyriologist, literate in cuneiform, and the man you ask when you wonder if reading aloud from a clay tablet makes you an audiobook
A very very important role in wider society, archivists
Invaluable
I interned for a short while at an archive a few years back, it's pretty cool.
We didn't have a Gary Brannan though, so it wasn't as cool as this archive.
How dapper everybody's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan looks here.
We are a small niche of people united under one banner. We all really like Tech Dif apparently, and with Tech Dif, our favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan
A purple banner?
@@awmperry And a martian flag
@@awmperry
We march beneath the purple banner to glory!
this Gary Brannan is, in fact, my favourite Gary Brannan, and not just because of Tech Dif. It's because this is stuff that my job, at a university on the other side of the planet, can reach into the digital space and I can know, if it's available, if this archive can offer it, they will do their best to, and I can tell any given student to go looking because I know it's there, to the best of our efforts to preserve it. Super cool stuff.
Kudos to whoever designed the thumbnail, you know what you're doing
Why was this only recommended to me today? He's everyone's favourite Gary Brannan! Apparently "everyone" doesn't include the algorithm almighty? Well, better late than never, I guess.
Also, what a wonderful intro to the series. Couldn't have picked a better person!
It seems there might be a total of two people in the comments who are not here because of TechDif 😂 This has cemented him as my favorite Gary Brannan, even though he already was.
I genuinely would have enjoyed this video even if I wasn't already familiar with Gary! What a cool job!
everyone's favorite gary brannan, gary brannan, in formal attire. nice.
It's everyone's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan!!!
Everyone's favourite Gary Brannan showing us his job is something I didn't know I needed. It's actually a very interesting profession.
everyones favorite gary brannan, gary brannan
I love seeing the professional side of Gary. His humor and lightheartedness is very fun to see on other channels, but you could always tell that he had a passion for history betwixt the humor. Its super cool to hear him speak passionately about this!
Omg its everybody's favorite garry brannon!
this adds to the reasons that Gary Brannan is everyone's favourite Gary Brannan
Was the world not cruel enough already that I had to witness everyone's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan, manage to stay serious for over 3 and a half minutes?
Doesn't he look smart?
I think he's my favourite Gary Brannan.
Everyone's favourite Gary Brannan
Gary Brannan
It's everyones favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan!
as opposed to everyone's second favourite Gary Brannan, Matt Gray
@@MercenaryPen
Ooh, aah, just a little bit.
Gotta thank the folks keeping archives of human history alive for future generations to review. Thanks Gary Brannan for both your humorous excapades with the Technical Difficulties and your work as an Archivist.
It's lovely to see a different side of everybody's favourite Gary Brannan. He obviously takes pride in his work and its great to see.
I'm astounded to see him exist outside the extended scottverse
Remember, this is the same man that made a very loud noise.
This is such a Mystery Biscuit for all of us TechDif/Citations Needed fans
The background music, familiar voice/accent + chill topic makes this video v relaxing.
I know people have joked about whether or not this is everyone's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan...
There's no "but", I wanted to make that joke too
Hey look, it's everybody's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan! Dressed rather more smartly than I've usually seen him.