Today was my last day before my practicum goes into hiatus, beginning again on July 7th. I began by adding accretions to the appropriate collections and series. I learned this can be a little tricky -it's important to have a good understanding of what each series really contains and not to assume that the title given to the series fully describes its contents.
The rest of the day was spent cataloging, applying bar codes and entering books into the access database. While cataloging I noticed that some of the books were marked as "reference". I asked Ellie how she decided what was reference and what would be considered part of the main collection. She referred me to this definition a book of "information [that] is intended to be quickly found when needed".
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
06.11.2010
I finally finished arranging the exhibition records, huzah! After that was done I entered some new books into the database. I will begin cataloging these books next Wednesday. Before I went home for the weekend I shelved and began typing up the labels for the new boxes for the exhibition records.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
06.10.2010
Today I continued to arrange the exhibition files. I also had a chance to edit the finding aid to reflect the new arrangement.
To break up the arranging frenzy I also did more technical service duties which included; labeling books and cataloging.
To break up the arranging frenzy I also did more technical service duties which included; labeling books and cataloging.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
06.09.2010
Today I attended a museum wide staff meeting. The heads of every department spoke about what was happening in their particular area.
I finished the arrangement of the exhibition files. Tomorrow I will begin describing them in the finding aid which. Then I will use EAD to mark these updated finding aids up to make them available online.
I answered some reference questions today as well. I pulled all the information that the library had on a particular artist, and searched the internet for reputable current news articles.
I finished the arrangement of the exhibition files. Tomorrow I will begin describing them in the finding aid which. Then I will use EAD to mark these updated finding aids up to make them available online.
I answered some reference questions today as well. I pulled all the information that the library had on a particular artist, and searched the internet for reputable current news articles.
Friday, June 4, 2010
06.04.2010
Today I answered my first reference question. A woman came in saying that she had searched Google and found none of the information she needed on a person. I used Worldcat to search the name and pulled up some information immediately! Worldcat is a great tool that I feel more patrons need to be aware of.
Other than that I continued arranging the exhibition records and I will soon begin developing the finding aid. Since its Friday how about a video? it's interesting to me because of my fascination with digital preservation. Enjoy!
Other than that I continued arranging the exhibition records and I will soon begin developing the finding aid. Since its Friday how about a video? it's interesting to me because of my fascination with digital preservation. Enjoy!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
6.3.2010
Today was archive mania, I loved it! First Ellie and I went over to the AHAP archives and got a demonstration from Rhonda on how to use the EAD tool. OhioLink uses a tool that allows for the creation of simple EAD finding aids. I will be using this tool a lot because my project consists of making EAD finding aids for the exhibition records.
After having this meeting I came to realize that I would have to rearrange and describe some of the materials within the exhibition files before encoding them. So, I'm gaining more experience in the basic steps in archival administration.
After having this meeting I came to realize that I would have to rearrange and describe some of the materials within the exhibition files before encoding them. So, I'm gaining more experience in the basic steps in archival administration.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
06.02.2010
Today I started off by putting some archival materials into an existing collection. After that I placed labels on some mail that is apart of the library exchange program.
The library exchange program includes 100's of art, historical and public libraries. These libraries exchange books between each other, I think of it as an "OhioLink" method but on the world wide scale.
After the labeling was done, I did more labeling! I labeled books that had already been cataloged. In a larger library this activity would have been done in technical services. The more my practicum progresses the more I am beginning to understand the correlation between the size of a library or repository, and the amount of work the information science professional is required to do. The smaller the institution the more work! I kind of like the amount of work that must be done-there are no dull moments.
The library exchange program includes 100's of art, historical and public libraries. These libraries exchange books between each other, I think of it as an "OhioLink" method but on the world wide scale.
After the labeling was done, I did more labeling! I labeled books that had already been cataloged. In a larger library this activity would have been done in technical services. The more my practicum progresses the more I am beginning to understand the correlation between the size of a library or repository, and the amount of work the information science professional is required to do. The smaller the institution the more work! I kind of like the amount of work that must be done-there are no dull moments.
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