Week 9

1) What I have accomplished throughout the week:

Preservation
This week I continued my work cleaning, stripping and sewing pamphlets from the collection of divorce proceedings from the 1950s and 60s. This week my work involved patching pamphlets whose paper had been torn. I did this using Japanese tissue paper and non-acidic glue. I also mended smaller tears by figuring out which way the tear would naturally lie, and then glue the pieces back together again.

Librarianship
This week I created space in the Darwin Collection for items that are being removed from storage and added to the collection. This year marks the 200 anniversary of Darwin's publication of the Origin of Species, so many of his works held by the museum are being digitized in recognition of the event. I also cataloged 10 boxes of art work by two artists- Naeve Parker and Maurice Wilson. This involved putting the drawings and paintings in order, numbering the boxes, labeling the art work, and creating a finding aid listing the contents of the box. This was especially interesting because the art work was of dinosaurs and prehistoric man. I also began researching institutions of higher education that may be interested in the facilities provided by the Natural History Museum Libraries. There is currently an outreach effort to attract highly ranked universities to use the library for social sciences, arts, and history. I researched the ranking of institutions and determined the appropriate contact person for each department.

Archiving
This week I began listing the photographs I have been re-packaging for Miss Great Britain. This involved creating running numbers for the photographs, labeling them, creating a title, discovering the date of creation, describing the contents, determining any copyright, and listing the photograph's physical features and format.

2) What intersections I have seen between my job duties:


I saw a similarity between my librarianship and archiving internships this week. I had to organize and number some of the art work in the Natural History Museum library, and used similar techniques I have been using to organize and label the Miss Great Britain photographs at the Women's Library. This shows that similar strategies are used to organize information in both environments.