Sayward Schoonmaker and Rachel Ivy Clarke won the 2018 ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award for their paper, “The Critical Catalog: Giving Voice to Diverse Library Materials through Provocative Design.” Schoonmaker and Clarke also won the 2020 Jesse H. Shera Award for their article, “Metadata for Diversity: Identification and Implications of Political Access Points for Diverse Library Resources.”… Read the full article…
The iSchool Public Libraries Initiative (IPLI) is a research group within the iSchool that focuses on public library research. I was curious about what evidence supports the widespread use of library fines. I was surprised to find that there are few studies that show they are effective at getting patrons to return items on time…. Read the full article…
I can’t believe that my internship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library is almost over. In just a few days, I will load up my car and drive the six hours back to Syracuse. Through the course of my internship, I kept track of all the tasks I completed and projects I participated… Read the full article…
The last few days of my internship were busy. I was wrapping up projects and making sure physical and digital assets ended up in the right hands. The highlight was that I finished my processing project! I rehoused the last files and re-shelved the collection on my second to last day—just in the nick of… Read the full article…
The library has committed itself to providing digital versions of items and resources in the collection as a way to expand access. This includes acquiring digital materials, such as purchasing e-books, and digitizing existing parts of the collection. The library even has Digitization Librarian, who works to manage all of these different projects and materials…. Read the full article…
My main project, processing a collection of final grant reports of National Geographic funded research, has been going well over the last few weeks. Collection processing update After getting all of the physical materials organized, I’ve made a lot of progress rehousing the files and creating metadata for the digital records. As I made my… Read the full article…
I’ve been working at the Museum Library for a few weeks now; I’ve learned how to process books for their collection and make records through copy-cataloging. And, I’ve also learned how to measure rare books for Kasebox enclosures (which are custom made, high quality, archival boxes for rare and delicate materials), and how to process… Read the full article…
My main project for this summer is processing a collection of final reports for National Geographic Society research grants. NGS has been awarding grants since 1890 and has been collecting final reports for those grants with varying regularity since around the 1950s. First Division, First Decision When I began this project, the collection was more… Read the full article…
It takes about six hours to drive from Syracuse to Washington DC, depending on the traffic. I took I-81 most of the way, and I relied on Google Maps to get me through it. It let me know when I crossed state lines with chirpy, welcome messages – Welcome to Pennsylvania! Welcome to Maryland! It’s… Read the full article…
My internship at National Geographic has been off to a great start. This summer, I’m one of about 25 students taking part in the internship program, and all of us are working in different areas, including education, legal, and technology labs to name a few. Everyone at National Geographic has been extremely welcoming, and it’s… Read the full article…