1) What I have accomplished throughout the week:
Preservation
I began my work at the Women's Library with an introduction to basic preservation techniques. I washed pamphlets, removed staples, and sewed together pamphlet sheets. I also pulled unlabeled boxes of journals from the climate-controlled vault and created date and title specific box labels.
Librarianship
At the Natural History Museum I was given an introduction to the facilities with an introduction to the staff with whom I will be working, as well as a tour of the museum libraries. An overview of the library exhibits and a brief description of my duties were given.
Archiving
I have yet to begin my archiving work at the Women's Library.
2) What intersections I have seen between my job duties:
This week was merely an introduction to my duties at two of my internship, so there was little to connect between the jobs. It does appear that cataloging will be involved in both the preservation and librarianship internships, but it is difficult at this point to determine how large a role it will play in both. Learning about cataloging is exciting for me, as I have not had an opportunity to take a cataloging class while enrolled in the iSchool.
I also noticed that there is a paper conservation department within the Natural History Museum library department, and I understand the two areas work closely with one another. I will be learning some paper conservation techniques while working in preservation at the Women's Library.
I will not be blogging next week as there is a holiday preventing me from going into work. My next blog entry will be on Friday, June 6th, as this will be my first full week of work.
